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 about The Ocean Cleanup will begin extracting plastic from the Pacific in 2018
During this year's Milan design week, London studio Made in Ratio will present an environmentally sustainable table with recycled aluminium legs and a bamboo top. More about Made in Ratio to launch bamboo-topped Stellar Nova table during Milan design week
Reclaimed cardboard tubing from fabric rolls used by the nearby fashion district line the walls of this Los Angeles store for skincare brand Aesop. More about Brooks + Scarpa recycles cardboard tubes and paper for Los Angeles Aesop store interior
Adidas and fashion designer Stella McCartney have revealed a new version of the Ultra Boost trainer that features an upper made from plastic recovered from the sea. More about Stella McCartney and Adidas unveil Parley Ultra Boost X trainers made from ocean plastic
Slovakian designer Šimon Kern's Beleaf chair is made from a mixture of recycled leaves and bio-resin. More about Šimon Kern makes chair from recycled fallen leaves
Following the release of ocean-plastic shoes, Adidas has again teamed up with Parley for the Oceans to create a collection of swimwear that is also made from upcycled fishing nets and debris. More about Adidas and Parley for the Oceans unveil swimwear made from ocean plastic
Twenty-five plastic bottles are used in each of these IKEA kitchen units, designed by Swedish studio Form Us With Love to make "sustainability available for everyone". More about IKEA launches kitchen made from recycled plastic bottles
This long-drop composting toilet by Invisible Studio provides facilities for the practice's self-built woodland workshop, and was built using offcuts from that project. More about Invisible Studio designs composting toilet for its own woodland workshop
Eindhoven-based designer WooJai Lee has turned recycled paper into bricks that can be used to build furniture. More about WooJai Lee turns recycled newspaper into PaperBricks building blocks
Dutch designer Nienke Hoogvliet's Waterschatten furniture and homeware is made from reclaimed and recycled toilet paper. More about Nienke Hoogvliet turns used toilet paper into bowls and tables
Two Dutch designers have worked with refugees to create a rucksack from discarded boats and life vests. More about Refugee-made backpacks are produced from recycled life vests and boats
Designers raided the SCP warehouse for discarded furniture to make the pieces in the The Thing With MaltaSingh exhibition, set to be auctioned next week. More about Design brand SCP auctions off furniture made from its scraps
London Design Festival 2016: a "liberating" adult nappy, poo tableware and an event space furnished with manure are among the offerings at one London Design Festival exhibition (+ slideshow). More about The Shit Museum brings various poo-related designs to London
The bricks forming the facade of this tall, skinny house in Rotterdam are made from 15 tonnes of compacted industrial waste (+ slideshow). More about Fifteen tonnes of rubble used to build Rotterdam house by Architectuur Maken
London Design Biennale 2016: fragments of recycled ocean plastic are inlaid to achieve the terrazzo effect of the Gyro table, designed by Brodie Neill for Australia's entry into the first London Design Biennale (+ slideshow). More about Brodie Neill creates terrazzo-effect table using recycled ocean plastics
To make medals for Tokyo 2020, Olympic organisers are considering mining Japan's vast repositories of e-waste for millions of discarded smartphones and computers. More about Tokyo Olympics medals could be made of old smartphones
South Korean studio Shinslab Architecture sliced off one end of a rusty old ship and turned it upside down to form this installation for the Seoul edition of MoMA's Young Architects Program (+ slideshow). More about Rusty ship transformed into cavernous pavilion for MoMA's Young Architects Program in Seoul
Two thousand ice-cream tubs form the walls of this small community library in Bandung, Indonesia, and some of them have been perforated to display a subtle message (+ slideshow). More about Recycled ice cream tubs cover walls of elevated Microlibrary by Shau
Dutch fashion house Viktor & Rolf has used fabrics leftover from past seasons to create the haute-couture garments in its Autumn Winter 2016 collection. More about Viktor & Rolf's Vagabonds wear haute-couture garments made from scraps of recycled fabrics
Most Loved: in this exclusive movie, Eindhoven designer Piet Hein Eek says the furniture he started making from recycled timber in 1989 took off because it stood out against the uniformity of other products. More about Making designer furniture with scrap wood was "totally new", says Piet Hein Eek