Copenhagen-based Natural Material Studio has unveiled an understated pouch made from biomaterial for fashion brand Calvin Klein that was designed as a Christmas gift wrap. More
University of Cincinnati graduate Sangyu Xi has created Airy, a subtle brace designed for teenage girls with scoliosis that grows with its wearer and was named the US winner of this year's James Dyson Awards. More
Austrian designer Julia Koerner has created a 3D-printed clutch bag for her fashion brand JK3D, which is made from bioplastic and modelled on tendrils of kelp. More
Music and sustainability collective Evolution Music has designed a 12-inch vinyl made of bioplastic using existing record pressing machinery, which features tracks by artists Beatie Wolfe and Michael Stipe. More
Australian biomaterials company Great Wrap has created a compostable bioplastic alternative to clingfilm that is made from waste potatoes. More
Multidisciplinary collective Wevolve Labs has created bioplastic skins using local plants for a group of lantern-like sculptures, presented in Austin, Texas. More
Charlotte Böhning and Mary Lempres of Doppelgänger have developed a bioplastic version of polystyrene foam that is made from the exoskeleton of mealworms and breaks down in soil in a couple of weeks. More
London studio Pearson Lloyd has worked with design and 3D-manufacturing studio Batch.Works to create pen pots, trays and a mobile-phone stand made from discarded food packaging for office brand Bene. More
Thinking of using plastic in your project? Our latest Dezeen guide includes more than 11 types of plastic commonly used in architecture, design and interiors, with links to hundreds of projects for inspiration. More
Design studios Crafting Plastics and Office MMK have teamed up to develop a scent-infused 3D-printed room divider made from bioplastic that is currently on show at Salone del Mobile. More
Berlin startup Made of Air has developed a bioplastic made of forest and farm waste that sequesters carbon and can be used for everything from furniture to building facades. More
Unwanted bioplastic fashion items could be dumped in landfills forever, creating artificial carbon sinks to tackle climate change, according to designer Charlotte McCurdy. More
Fashion designer Phillip Lim has teamed up with industrial designer Charlotte McCurdy to create a petroleum-free dress covered in bioplastic sequins. More
Toy brand Lego has released construction kits that allow grown-ups to build flower bouquets and bonsai trees from bioplastic components. More
Icelandic designer Valdís Steinarsdóttir is turning byproducts from the meat industry into vessels made of bone and a bioplastic material for packaging. More
Six Swedish design studios have produced items and materials from industrial waste, including pedestals made from ash and flowerpots from apples, for an exhibition in Malmö, Sweden. More
Utah startup WNDR Alpine has replaced the petroleum-based plastics usually used in skis with algae-based bioplastics that make them "more predictable, stable and durable". More
Designer Alice Potts combined food waste with flowers from London parks to create a series of bioplastic face shields for the NGV Triennial. More
Dezeen Showroom: Rotterdam-based designer Sabine Marcelis has designed two lights for Established & Sons made from cylindrical bars of pastel-hued bioplastic resin. More
Zero is a concept for an incentive-based food-delivery system by PriestmanGoode that could encourage consumers to use and return bioplastic containers to takeaway restaurants. More
