Category "Waste"

By combining vegetable oil and rust powder Irish teenager Fionn Ferreira developed a ferrofluid – a liquid that acts as a carrier for tiny particles of a magnetic substance.

French designer Gaspard Tiné-Berès proposes to repair and re-use discarded and damaged appliances, with readily available reclaimed materials providing the necessary components, and the bodies constructed from cork.

A Lamp created from paper pulp of 4-paper egg cartons that are spread over a mold and left to dry.

San Francisco-based Fireclay Tile turns old CRT glass into recycled glass tiles.

Researchers at IBM developed the process, called VolCat, as an alternative to traditional recycling.

Barcelona-based company Fuelium is developing paper-based batteries designed for disposable diagnostic devices. Unlike regular batteries, Fuelim’s batteries claim to create no toxic waste.

Von Discountern und internationalen Getränkekonzernen werden immer mehr Einweg-Plastikflaschen in den Markt gedrückt. Doch neben dem Ressourcenverbrauch belastet dies vor allem das Klima.

Kazakhstani designer Enis Akiev has developed a method for turning single-use plastic packaging into tiles, by emulating the organic process of rock formation.

In 2013 geologist Patricia Corcoran and artist Kelly Jazvac travelled to Hawaii to study a new type of stone they have described as 'Plastiglomerate.'

SOAPBOTTLE is a no-waste product, designed by Jonna Breitenhuber. The soap is made of natural ingredients and is biodegradable.