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  • England bans single-use plastic plates and cutlery to limit "devastating" pollution

    The sale of single-use plastic tableware and certain takeaway containers will be prohibited in England starting this autumn, the UK government has announced. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 17 January 2023 | Leave a comment
  • UN gives green light to "historic" global treaty to end plastic waste

    World leaders from 175 countries have agreed to draw up a legally binding UN treaty that will regulate plastic production and pollution on an international scale for the first time. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 4 March 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Waste crisis a "design-made mess" says Design Museum show curator

    The Waste Age exhibition, which opens today at London's Design Museum, explores how design has contributed to the rise of throwaway culture and how the industry can help to create an alternative circular economy that doesn't exploit the planet. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 23 October 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Tobia Zambotti stuffs Couch-19 with more than 10,000 used face masks

    Italian designer Tobia Zambotti has used discarded single-use masks as the stuffing for a sofa to call attention to the amount of plastic waste being generated as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 24 February 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Hugo McCloud’s artworks use plastic bags instead of paint

    New York artist Hugo McCloud has created a series of artworks that contain no paint or glue, only thousands of small plastic pieces cut from single-use bags and melted together to form a motif. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 16 February 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Nestlé named world's worst plastic polluters for third year running

    For the third consecutive year, an audit by environmental initiative Break Free From Plastic has found The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo and Nestlé to be the companies creating the most plastic pollution. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 8 December 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Barcelona to convert a third of central streets into car-free green spaces

    Barcelona's city council has announced its plans to transform one in three streets in its Eixample district into green, car-free public spaces to tackle air pollution. More

    Lizzie Crook | 19 November 2020 | Leave a comment
  • The Tyre Collective develops car-mounted device to capture microplastic emissions from tyres

    A patent-pending technology designed by British startup The Tyre Collective to capture the unseen synthetic rubber particles expelled by car tyres has been awarded this year's UK national James Dyson Award. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 24 September 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Sweet Sneak Studio's photo series puts focus on microplastics in the food chain

    Sushi wrapped in shopping bags and beer frothing with styrofoam bubbles are among the unappetising images in Sweet Sneak Studio's Microplastic Photo Series that explore the impacts of plastic pollution. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 10 March 2020 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Kristine Klein | 13 December 2019 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Semi Han | 9 September 2019 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Tom Ravenscroft | 27 August 2019 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Natashah Hitti | 4 June 2019 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 4 October 2018 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Tom Ravenscroft | 25 April 2018 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Natashah Hitti | 21 March 2018 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Alice Morby | 16 February 2018 | Leave a comment
  • "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

    Marcus Fairs | 30 January 2018 | Leave a comment
  • 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

    Marcus Fairs | 16 November 2017 | 2 comments
  • 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

    Gunseli Yalcinkaya | 3 November 2017 | 1 comment
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    Giant canopy by Adjaye

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    Colourful Stockholm apartment

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    Converted ice factory

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