Daan Roosegaarde and design students create a "smog-eating billboard" in Mexico
Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde has covered advertising billboards in Monterrey, Mexico in an air-purifying resin that can eat up the city's smog. More
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Shed prints plastic pollution on walls to highlight the problem of ocean waste
London pop-up store Pass on Plastic was decorated floor to ceiling with wallpaper depicting plastic waste to serve as a visual reminder to consumers of the growing problem of ocean plastic. More
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Pornhub launches Dirtiest Porn Ever campaign to clean up the world's oceans
Adult video website Pornhub has filmed a movie on a litter-filled beach to raise money to remove plastic from the world's oceans. More
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Eight design brands leading the way in sustainability
With environmental issues such as climate change and plastic pollution dominating the headlines, what are design brands doing to help the planet? From Kvadrat to Emeco, we've selected eight companies doing their bit to promote sustainability. More
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Air-filtering bus takes to the streets in the UK
UK transport operator Go-Ahead has launched a bus with a rooftop filter that removes air pollution as it travels. More
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Pollution-filled domes installed at London's Somerset House
Visitors to Somerset House in London have been experiencing the air pollution of different global cities, inside a series of domes created by artist Michael Pinsky. More
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Moss-covered CityTree bench designed to combat urban pollution
A mossy "living wall" with the pollution-absorbing power equivalent to hundreds of trees has been installed in London's Piccadilly Circus in a bid to combat the city's unsafe air quality levels. More
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Germany to trial free public transport in bid to cut pollution
Germany is to make public transport cost-free in five cities, as the government attempts to meet pollution targets set by the EU. More
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"Should we feel guilty for causing pollution? Oh yeah!" admit green designers
Eco-minded designers have admitted to feeling guilty about creating products that help deplete resources and cause pollution at our Good Design for a Bad World talks in Eindhoven. More
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Good design is about clean air and water, not a Louis Vuitton bag, says Daan Roosegaarde
Daan Roosegaarde has called on designers to shift focus away from designing luxury items and instead to tackle the problems facing the world such as pollution. More
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Kelly Gijsen patterns cotton scarves using ink made from pollution
Dutch designer Kelly Gijsen has collaborated with startup company Graviky Labs to create a range of scarves that are patterned with ink made from carbon emissions. More
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Eight designs that could help reduce global pollution
Pollution poses a serious threat to the world's land, air and oceans, so one of our Good Design for a Bad World talks will look at ways of reducing the scale of the problem. Here are eight proposals that are already exploring the idea. More
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Stefano Boeri designs "vertical forest" city to eat up China's smog
Italian architect Stefano Boeri has unveiled plans for a city near China's Liuzhou, featuring towers completely covered in trees and plants to combat air pollution. More
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Eight recycled design projects driven by Beirut's trash crisis
After a crisis that saw rubbish pile up in the streets of Beirut, local designers were inspired to use the waste around them as a resource. Here are eight recycled projects that showcase their ingenuity. More
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Lebanese designers embrace rubbish following Beirut trash crisis
A crisis that saw mountains of garbage fill the streets of Lebanon led to heightened interest in recycled materials, say designers and architects at Beirut Design Week. More
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Colour-changing T-shirt alerts wearers to the effects of climate change
Design studios The Unseen and The Lost Explorer have come together to create a T-shirt that changes colour when it comes into contact with polluted water. More
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The world's first commercial carbon-capture plant opens in Switzerland
A groundbreaking plant where carbon dioxide is sucked from the air before being resold has opened in Switzerland. More
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The Ocean Cleanup will begin extracting plastic from the Pacific in 2018
A major initiative aiming to rid a rubbish-riddled area of the Pacific Ocean from its discarded plastic will begin work within the next 12 months. More
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Daan Roosegaarde's Smog Free Bike would generate clean air as you pedal
Daan Roosegaarde has unveiled the next concept in his Smog Free Project – a bicycle that would inhale polluted air, clean it and release it around the cyclist. More
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Woobi Play air-pollution mask is designed to appeal to children
Danish studio Kilo Design has created a mask to protect and educate children living in areas with very high levels of air pollution. More
