Designer turns chippy waste into ceramics
In Margate, UK, designer Carly Breame has converted the leftover fish bones, potato peels and oyster shells from one of the seaside town’s local...
Cardboard pregnancy test targets greener gestation
In the United Kingdom, an entrepreneur has launched a 99% paper pregnancy test that can be recycled with the rest of your cardboard boxes...
Designers consider a future where homes are grown, not built
In Israel, a group of designers have created an exhibit showcasing structures made by 3D-printing soil and seeds.
Dubbed “To Grow a Building” and presented...
Rhode Island designer makes instruments from mushrooms and eggshells
In Rhode Island, luthier Rachel Rosenkrantz used the pandemic lockdowns to create a line of instruments using alternative biobased materials, such as eggshells, mushrooms,...
Cardboard tents could address music festival waste
In the United Kingdom, teen inventor Lily-Mai Spinks has won an award for coming up with a simple solution to music festival waste: biodegradable...
Bucolic boo-boos inspire biobased band aids
In New Zealand, WoolAid has introduced natural bandages made of merino wool. The company claims the material is better for healing because it is...
Wool urn offers “comforting symbolism” before biodegrading
In Sweden, architecture and design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has created a biodegradable cremation urn made from wool and vegetable-tanned leather.
Dubbed Ocke, the urn...
Isiah Thomas trades hoop dreams for hemp
In Colombia, former NBA star Isiah Thomas is leading a full-court press against fossil-based plastics as CEO of One World Products, a licensed hemp...
Corona repurposes barley waste for packaging in India
In India, Ab InBev’s popular Corona beer brand has switched its cardboard six-pack packaging to waste barley straw.
The new material is as durable as...
Use those mussels: Invasive Thames River species can be converted to glass
In London, a materials innovation partnership has developed a technique to turn the shells of an invasive mussel species into glass.
Bureau de Change, an...