Lego develops recycled bricks made from discarded bottles
Toy brand Lego has created its first prototype bricks using recycled PET plastic from discarded bottles. More
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Virgil Abloh designs recycled plastic water bottle as emblem of Evian's circular ambitions
Fashion designer Virgil Abloh has created a water bottle for Evian that is made almost entirely from recycled plastic and visualises this history through a distinctive hammered texture. More
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Recycled plastic bottle backpack winner of Dezeen Awards public vote
British start-up Groundtruth has used 120 plastic bottles to create the RIKR backpack, which won the public vote in the wearable design category of this year's Dezeen Awards. More
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Evian releases label-free bottle made from recycled plastic as it embraces the circular economy
Mineral water brand Evian has unveiled its first bottle made of recycled plastic as part of its plan to become a circular brand by 2025. More
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Colourful translucent solar panels by Marjan van Aubel will top Dutch pavilion at Dubai Expo
Marjan van Aubel has designed a set of stained glass-style solar panels that will form part of the Dutch pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. More
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American architects mobilise to make coronavirus face shields for hospital workers
Architects across America including BIG, KPF and Handel Architects have teamed up as part of an open-source project to manufacture face shields to protect hospital workers treating coronavirus patients. More
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Plastic-eating enzyme could aid recyclingÂ
Scientists have discovered an enzyme that can "digest" plastic and revolutionalise recycling, but environmentalists warn the "miracle" breakthrough should not make designers complacent about the need to reduce use of the material. More
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Yoh Komiyama's climbing toy for cats doubles as a minimalist home decoration
Yoh Komiyama set out to create a cat toy befitting of a modernist home when designing this multi-storey climbing toy, which features a cylinder of wooden dowels and a scratching post anchored to a marble base. More
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Edsbyn's office partitions are made from recycled plastic bottles
Scandinavian designers Andreas Engesvik and Jens Fager have created a collection of lightweight pressed-felt room dividers from recycled bottles for office furniture brand Edsbyn (+ slideshow). More
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111 Navy Chair by Emeco
Milan 2010: furniture brand Emeco launched a version of its famous Navy chair made of 111 recycled plastic cola bottles at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. More
