10 cool eco-friendly gift ideas from Australia
While Christmas is a season of giving, it’s also a time when excess waste can potentially harm our planet. Here are cool, eco-friendly gifts to suit any budget.
Retro-styled electric bike from Vallkree promises eco-friendly offroad freedom
Modern-day engineering technology meets 1920’s board track racer style in a dual-motor electric bike concept developed in Australia.
Singapore startup plans to convert coconut waste into peat moss alternative
Cocopeat and crushed husks are 100-per-cent natural, renewable and biodegradable, with substrates that improve soil texture and moisture retention.
Scientists create sustainable, biodegradable glitter from fruit
The glitter is vegan, non-toxic, and just as sparkly as its plastic counterpart.
Dutch designer combines city and country to reverse 100 years of urbanisation
Despite new attempts to integrate solar energy, EV mobility and underground infrastructure, the core of the problem still comes from the cities we envisioned a century ago.”
These cute fish lamps are raising awareness of single-use soy packets
As a symbolic statement against single-use plastic, Heliograf decided to look for a practical and purposeful way to highlight this issue by creating lamps that look like single-use soy fish packets.
Designed to disappear: Little Green Panda creates compostable cutlery from used coffee grounds
The sustainable start-up seeks to redefine the way we create disposable packaging by repurposing waste into alternatives to single-use plastic straws and utensils.
Recycling machine in South Korea rewards people for sorting their trash
“To build a robust collection system, a sense of environmental responsibility is not enough. Financial incentives are needed to change people’s behaviours.”
Vegan cosmetics industry expected to be worth US$20 billion in five years
Like the plant-based industry, more consumers are shifting to products with increasing concern for the environment and animal welfare.
Swedish innovation may render plastic coffee cup lids obsolete
Two Scandinavians have created a timber-based lid that fits inside a coffee cup, rather than on top of it.
Fully recycled Universal Bag by Anya Hindmarch to launch in UK grocers
According to Hindmarch’s website, as a more considered purchase, the bag is guaranteed to last for ten years and has an innovative built-in returns pouch.
Home compostable alt-plastic cling wrap maker Great Wrap wins investor pitch fest
Certified to break down into carbon and water in just 180 days, Great Wrap leaves no residual toxins or microplastics.
NZ tech startup PlantMe encourages Kiwis to grow their own vegetables
The platform comes with a seed delivery service, a digital growing guide, a planting diary, an online marketplace and a built-in crypto rewards system.
Hudstone’s conscious commitment to eco-friendly cleaning products in Australia
Because of its environmental focus, the company has a no plastic policy, uses compostable packaging, and delivers its products using carbon-neutral shipping. Customers are also given the option to use their jars or containers.
Camira’s new Quest fabric is made from recycled ocean plastics
This is the second partnership of the brand with the Seaqual Initiative – an organization helping clean oceans and raising awareness of marine litter.
