Category "Plastics"

A group of scientists and researchers have shown that thermohaline-driven currents can create hotspots of microplastic accumulation.

PriestmanGoode tackles takeaway culture with sustainable food packaging.

The Shellworks makes compostable materials from seafood waste.

Holly Grounds has developed an edible, dissolvable ramen noodle pack that turns into its own soup.

Say goodbye to throwaway plastic bottles and bags. Forgo reduces a bottle of soap to a small paper sachet. You just need to add water.

New research suggests that 100 million square metres of the UK’s river network is at risk of contamination by plastic particles from vehicle tyres.

Brooklyn-based accessories brand Bembien is known for its handmade, artisanal bags. Recently, they introduced an extra special collection made out of 100% recycled plastic.

Twenty-eight years of data (1988–2016) were compiled on the imports and exports of the category “plastic waste, parings, and scrap”.

Pieces of rubbish are displayed as artefacts in the Museum of Modern Waste, which Design School Kolding is exhibiting as part of VDF x Ventura Projects.

Researchers at the University of Strathclyde and the Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées at the University of Toulouse found tiny plastic fragments in sea spray.