Recycling
Winners of $1 million Circular Materials Challenge prize for plastic alternatives announced
Wooden staircase twists through centre of concrete and brick house in Mexico City
Shahar Livne uses waste plastic to create Lithoplast, a precious material of the future
People’s Pavilion “has almost no ecological footprint” say designers
Dutch Design Week pavilion will feature recycled plastic shingles and borrowed materials
Recycled baths, TV screens and plastics all feature in Ready Made Go 3 collection
Petition launched to recognise Great Pacific Garbage Patch as a country
Benjamin Hubert uses recycled aluminium, wood and nylon to create Axyl furniture
Lebanese designers embrace rubbish following Beirut trash crisis
Swarovski crystal gets 3D-printed, upcycled and turned into gadgets by emerging designers
Made in Ratio to launch bamboo-topped Stellar Nova table during Milan design week
Brooks + Scarpa recycles cardboard tubes and paper for Los Angeles Aesop store interior
Formafantasma explores “above-ground mining” with Ore Streams office furniture
Flora-Gato is a cat shelter made from moss and recycled plastic
Yinka Ilori teams up with recovering addicts to create range of colourful chairs
Adidas uses Parley ocean plastic to update one of its classic shoe designs
Brodie Neill showcases his “ocean terrazzo” with waterfall installation
“We have to build in gold, silver, titanium and copper” says Édouard François
Pentatonic turns smartphones, cans and cigarette butts into flat-pack furniture
Eight recycled design projects driven by Beirut’s trash crisis
Stella McCartney to use ocean plastic for upcoming fashion line
The Ocean Cleanup will begin extracting plastic from the Pacific in 2018
Stella McCartney and Adidas unveil Parley Ultra Boost X trainers made from ocean plastic
