Category "Material"

A San Francisco-based footwear startup has launched a flip flop with a sustainable sole made from sugar cane.

A finnish company uses renewable wood-based bioplastics in gable-top paperboards for milk, yoghurt and cooking products.

A pop-up restaurant that is built from recycled food packaging and that composts all of its leftovers was set up at the WantedDesign Manhattan fair.

Biome Bioplastics and Futamura have partnered to demonstrate a range of bio-based and compostable multilayer films.

A DIY modeling kit allows designers to grow their own mushroom material designs.

In this Dezeen article about Bolon, Michaela Ljungdahl explains why the flooring brand invested in a vinyl-recycling plant for its factory in Sweden.

Researchers found a way to turn plastic bottle waste into ultralight PET aerogels that are suitable for various applications, including heat insulation and carbon dioxide absorption.

Dezeen and MINI World tour present design graduates Aagje Hoekstra and Evelien Crooy with their bioplastic and ink made from insects.

The EU funded project CLAIM published a study describing an innovative technology that degrades microplastics.

Snøhetta has designed what might be called a circular chair, made from recycled plastic and steel.