Category "Material"

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

Eindhoven-based designer WooJai Lee has turned recycled paper into bricks that can be used to build furniture.

A Turkish scientist has found a way to convert discarded olive pits into a biodegradable plastic.

Construction of the first hemp house in WA has just been completed, sparking calls to build a local processing plant so local farmers can supply the building industry.

Italian designer Emma Sicher has combined food waste with bacteria and yeasts to create disposable packaging, in a bid to provide a sustainable alternative to plastic.

The world is awash in pollution from plastic packaging. However, some people are working hard to develop alternatives. Indonesia-based Evoware makes food packaging out of an unexpected material.

Loncell is a technology that turns used textiles, pulp or even old newspapers into new textile fibers sustainably and without harmful chemicals.

CocoPallet is a sustainable, affordable, bio-based and biodegradable, 100% wood-free alternative to traditional export pallets — made from coconut waste!

After twelve years of research, in 1941 Henry Ford presented a groundbreaking invention: his hemp fuelled and cellulose-plastic prototype car.

Paper-based electronics could fold, biodegrade and be the basis for the next generation of devices.