Biodegradable materials
Bugaboo makes pram from orange peel and old egg cartons
Meld skincare dispenser allows users to mix their own preservative-free formulas
Poured Earth is a sustainable construction method modelled on concrete casting
Hyphyn impregnates vinyl with plastic-eating enzymes to enhance biodegradation
How to make cob a mainstream building material
Waste earth forms walls of cob classroom in King’s Cross
Cob can be “a mainstream building material once again” say Cella
Are we on the verge of a cob comeback?
RePit is a 3D printing filament made from leftover date pits
Fefostudio and Kamilla Csegzi create mycelium-based Ephemeral Table
Food-waste dyes bring colour to mycelium leather in Sages and Osmose project
Researchers find bioplastic drinking straws intact after over a year buried underground
Arda transforms beer waste into plastic-free faux leather
PlasticFree makes database of hundreds of plastic alternatives “forever free to all”
Peerasin Punxh Hutapheat designs Growink to “print with life”
Conductive wool replaces wiring and circuits in WoolTech electronics
Hudson Architects brings cob construction into the 21st century with CobBauge House
Cob not just “a hobbit house” material says researcher developing modern version
Sheep Inc launches Merino wool swimwear
Add Wood exhibition showcases 3D-printed-wood furniture
Aquafade water-soluble electronics provide way to tackle e-waste
Natural Material Studio turns wood offcuts into biomaterials to “utilise the whole tree”
CornWall gives discarded corn cobs new life as tiles
