Parley for the Oceans founder Cyrill Gutsch said that designers must reevaluate their relationship with plastic and collaborate with nature at a talk filmed by Dezeen for Global Design Forum in partnership with SAP. More
The process of recycling can actually make plastics more hazardous to human health, according to a recent Greenpeace report that calls on the United Nations to rule it out as a scalable fix for plastic pollution. More
Dezeen Showroom: British designer Ric Frampton has created an acoustic panel system for The Collective that is informed by origami and made from plastic waste. More
Design gallerist and curator Rossana Orlandi has announced the winners of this year's Ro Plastic Prize for sustainable material use during a ceremony at Milan design week. More
Dezeen Showroom: sustainability-focused Italian furniture brand One to One has launched the OTO chair, designed by Alessandro Stabile and Martinelli Venezia to be a "manifesto of circular design". More
Microsoft has unveiled a special edition Xbox controller made partly from recycled plastic, including surplus old controller parts that have been reground. More
Spanish design studio Nagami has completed a shop interior for sustainable clothing brand Ecoalf near Madrid that is almost entirely 3D printed from recycled plastic. More
Promotion: Italian outdoor furniture brand Nardi has released a stool and table collection created by designer Raffaello Galiotto, which have a linear design informed by strips of wood. More
Tokyo advertising agency TBWA\Hakuhodo and plastics manufacturer Koushi Chemical Industry Co have created Shellmet, a hard hat made from discarded scallop shells and recycled plastic. More
Dezeen Showroom: British furniture brand Another Country has launched the Work Series II table, which combines timber and recycled plastic in a bid to make a more sustainable product for changeable office environments. More
Dezeen showroom: Norwegian furniture brand Flokk has collaborated with design studios Anderssen & Voll, Hunting & Narud and Big-Game to create Håg Tion, a customisable task chair made from recycled materials. More
Dezeen Showroom: nearly one kilogram of abandoned fishing nets found in the sea is used to make a Liberty Ocean task chair, designed by office furniture brand Humanscale. More
Dezeen Showroom: designer Todd Bracher Studio has collaborated with office furniture brand Humanscale to create the Path task chair, which is made from recycled materials. More
Recycled-plastic products by designers including Max Lamb and Studio Toogood feature in the N*thing is Possible exhibition in Singapore, which showcases hospitality brand Potato Head's attempts to eliminate its landfill waste. More
Designer James Shaw has created an installation of clashing furniture to poke fun at the disagreements that can arise when couples move in together, which is on display as part of London Design Festival. More
Design studio Space Available has worked with Indonesian architects Sidarta and Sandjaja to turn a Bali building into an institution dedicated to circular design, with a facade made of 200,000 recycled plastic bottles. More
Los Angeles streetwear brand Rose In Good Faith has collaborated with sex toy manufacturer Doc Johnson to create a pair of shoes using plastic recycled from sex toys. More
Dezeen Showroom: material brand Sustonable has created a range of 100 per cent recyclable surface materials that can be used for a range of uses. More
Dezeen Showroom: textured recycled plastic is used to create the minimalist Juno 02 chair, which design brand Studio Irvine has created for Italian brand Arper. More
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Polyformer, an open-source recycling machine that can be used to turn PET bottles into filament for additive manufacturing. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! More
