In-cider info: Sozai Center develops apple leather
In Japan, design studio Sozai Center has created a biobased material made by mixing leftover apple pomace—which includes apple flesh, skin, seeds and stems—with...
Diodra promises durable bamboo bikes
In Romania, bike startup Diodra has developed e-bikes with bamboo frames. At 15 kilos, Diodra claims the e-bikes are the lightest ever produced and...
HempSki collab aims to make shredding the slopes more sustainable
In Germany, Fuse GmbH has won the JEC Composites Innovation Award for a hemp-based material it co-developed and is using to produce snowboards. The...
Pope using wheelchair featuring wood from Notre Dame
In Vatican City, Pope Francis is solving his mobility issues with a religiously tricked-out wooden wheelchair.
Designed by Paul de Livron, the Apollo Wooden...
Lush cosmetics swaps polluting packaging peanuts for edible puffs
In the United Kingdom, a cosmetics retailer credited with popularizing colorful “bath bombs” and unique soaps is using 100% edible packing peanuts instead of...
Keurig unveils plant-based coating that will replace its ubiquitous K cup pods
In Massachusetts, Keurig Dr Pepper has unveiled a more sustainable vision for the future of single-serve coffee pods, which have boomed in popularity thanks...
Connor Rusnak’s cork wifi router aims to make e-waste and eyesores a thing of...
In Ohio, industrial designer Connor Rusnak has developed an eye-pleasing wifi router prototype using cork as a casing material.
Dubbed Pella, Rusnak tells Yanko...
Printer concept would replace costly and polluting inks with your morning coffee grounds
In South Korea, Samsung Electronics product designer Hwan Ju Jeon has created a prototype printer that uses used coffee grounds as ink.
While soy-based...
Logistics issues force on-the-fly cardboard furniture project by Zaventem Ateliers
In Mexico, design collective Zaventem Ateliers showed that necessity is truly the mother of invention when customs delays meant it had to recreate most...
Proservation perfecting Styrofoam replacement from grain husk and chaff
In Germany, a company called Proservation has developed a molded packaging product from grain cultivation waste that could replace Styrofoam. Called Recou, the impact-resistant...