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Jólan van der Wiel’s Amazing Stools are Shaped Using Magnetic Fields and the Force of Gravity
After an investigation into what he could do with gravity and magnetic fields, Dutch designer Jólan van der Wiel created these peculiar seats by fusing raw materials with the two natural forces. Called
Scholten & Baijings Adds Some Color to Traditional 17th Century Dutch Willow Weaving
Inspired by traditional 17th century Dutch weaving techniques, Scholten & Baijings designed a series of brightly colored containers and named them ‘Serious Business’. Measuring 10 inches
Africa’s First Plastic Bottle House Rises in Nigeria
With a serious housing shortage but no shortage of plastic bottles littering the streets, the Development Association for Renewable Energies (DARE) – an NGO based in Nigeria – decided to build
Plastic Disclosure Project Wants to Measure Your Plastic Footprint
We’re all very familiar with the concept of a carbon footprint, but have you ever thought about your plastic footprint? Well, the Plastic Disclosure Project (PDP) wants us to start. And considering
Portland Oregon is the Latest City to Ban Plastic Bags!
Plastic bags are the bane of every eco-minded person’s existence. They can’t be normally recycled, they’re made with polluting petroleum, they don’t breakdown in landfills —
Dual-Purpose Coat Check Chair Is a Clever Seating Solution
Social gatherings always give way to coats messily thrown on chairs. To inspire guests to hang their coats properly, Joey Zeledón has made the experience engaging by displaying the hangers. Aptly dubbed
Banana Plastic: Researchers Create Strong Plastic from Fruit that Rivals Kevlar
A team of Brazilian researchers developed a way to create strong, lightweight plastic with the fibers in fruit.
New Process Can Turn Nine Billion Pounds of Meat and Bone Meal into Plastic
Cows continue to have a disastrous environmental impact long after they meat their unhappy fate at the slaughterhouse. In order to keep America Mad Cow Disease-free, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
PepsiCo Unveils World’s First 100% Renewable Food-Based PET Bottle
PepsiCo just unveiled a brand new, 100% renewable PET plastic bottle made entirely from plant-based resources that could revolutionize the bottling industry. Coca-Cola and other consumer giants have also
Egregious Packaging Hall of Shame: Plastic Bags Truly Do Suck
Each year nearly 380 billion plastic bags are used in the US — any only 7 percent of them are recycled. The plastic scourge clogs waterways and takes hundreds of years to break down into smaller
BOTTLES UP! Fiji’s First Recycled Plastic Bottle Boat
A clever play on words, Bottles Up is a cute, little plastic bottle boat crafted by the owner and employees of the Rain Tree Lodge - an eco backpacker’s hotel on the island of Viti Levu in Fiji.
Artists Turn Plastic Waste Into Beautiful Art
The plastic waste found in our oceans and landfills doesn’t have to be a blight on the landscape – it can be beautiful too. The Convergence Exhibition, which opened last month at
Parisians Get Free Sparkling Water on Tap
We recently reported on bubbly going green, and now bubbly water is following suit. The Parisian water utility is offering free “pétillant” at the Jardin de Reuilly, giving lovers of
Organoclays Could Create Next-Gen Eco Plastics
Clay: it’s good for more than just pottery. A report in the American Chemical Society’s Macromolecules journal claims that natural clay could be used to produce a cheap, flame-retardant
Refresh With Karim Rashid’s “Bobble” Water Bottle
Save some cash and help the environment with this reusable water bottle that comes complete with filter! Designed by Karim Rashid, this this colorful and stylish Bobble water bottle has a built-in water
Karim Rashid’s “Bobble” Bottle Provides Clean H2O on the Go!
How many times have you found yourself out on the streets with no water and a mouth as parched as the Sahara? Desperate times may call for desperate measures (buying – gasp! – bottled water),
Fungi Could Break Down Toxic BPA
BPA is nasty stuff–the chemical is linked to obesity, cancer, and endocrine problems in fetuses and children. It’s also ubiquitous in our daily lives, present in 2.7 million tons of plastic
Scientist Produces Plastic From Natural Gas
Peak oil signifies disaster for plastics producers — ethene, one of the raw materials used to make plastics, relies on abundant supplies of oil for production. But Dutch researcher Tymen Tiemersma
Japanese Researchers Invent Elastic Water
The material shown in the picture above is just ice, right? Look again. Elastic water, a new substance invented by researchers at Tokyo University, is a jelly-like substance made up of 95% water along
Another Giant Garbage Patch Found in the Atlantic Ocean
If you thought the Great Pacific Garbage Patch was a nightmare, things just got worse — it has a twin. As Plastiki makes its way across the Pacific to raise awareness about plastic in the oceans,
Disney Unveils Eco-Chair for Adults That Looks Like It’s for Kids
Kiddie Co. Walt Disney is launching a line of upscale furniture at the Milan Design Fair in Italy this week. Disney teamed up with Italian furniture makers Cappellini to create a fancy “adult
New York’s Recycling Program Finally Getting Expanded!
New York City will soon move into modern times with an updated recycling program that will increase plastic recycling, place more recycling bins around the city and add drop off locations in the boroughs
EcoNation and TerraCycle Transform Snack Bags into Upcycled Gadgets
TerraCycle has been rocking the upcycling world for a while now by collecting trash from their consumers to make colorful accessories from packaging. Now they’ve teamed up with EcoNation to make a
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