Beer waste finds new life as plastic-free leather alternative
Arda Biomaterials has created a material called New Grain by transforming brewer’s spent grain, into soft, durable leather.
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Can faux flowers help bees find blooms in polluted cities?
Placed among real plants, Faux Flora acts as a visual and scent-based beacon.
Under Armour and SXSW debuts plant-based ‘Filmakers Jacket’
The first run includes 350 jackets, each embroidered with “1 of 350”.
This self-healing bioplastic breaks down in weeks, not centuries
Plastic pollution remains a major environmental challenge, but researchers at Lingnan University have developed…
Built to last a thousand years: Joe Doucet rethinks sustainable furniture
The Columns collection are made from materials chosen to improve with age, rather than degrade over time.
Scientists find low-energy way to recycle Teflon
The research team used mechanochemistry, a technique that uses mechanical force rather than high heat to trigger chemical reactions.
Shellworks develops home-compostable pipette to reduce beauty packaging waste
The goal was to make sustainability a core part of product design rather than an afterthought.
Researchers develop plastic that can dissolve in seawater
The breakthrough comes as plastic waste continues to accumulate worldwide.
Milk bottle lids find new life as Sea Life aquarium souvenirs
Recycled PET products will be sold across a network of around 50 aquariums.
‘Bottles for Good’: UK charity launches campaign to cut plastic waste
The initiative positions refill shops as key partners in shifting consumer behaviour away from single-use packaging.
Heliograph creates plastic-free alternative to iconic soy sauce fish bottle
The new packaging – called Holy Carp! – is made from bagasse pulp, a fibrous by-product of sugar production.
South Korea to transition to ‘label-free’ plastic bottles
South Korea produces approximately 5.2 billion plastic bottles each year, and as of writing, 65 per cent of these are now sold without labels.
Georgia Tech researchers turn to seashells to strengthen recycled plastics
Traditional recycling often blends multiple materials, producing unstable outputs that cost more to recycle than replace.
China’s ‘Leftover Food Blind Boxes’ turn waste Into surprise meals
The concept offers customers surprise meal packages at discounted prices while tackling one of the food industry’s biggest problems: waste.
Spanish startup Recover unveils low-impact recycled fabric for mass production
Made for companies transitioning to low-impact textiles, the line offers more than 50 fabrics made with recycled cotton.