Bioplastic
Carlo Ratti’s orange squeezer serves juice in bioplastic cups made from the peel
Cubitts makes Redux glasses from waste materials including human hair and potatoes
Aivan grows headphones from fungus and yeast
Basse Stittgen gives discarded eggs new life as bioplastic tableware
Watch our talk with Arthur Mamou-Mani about his bioplastic COS installation
Icelandic design studio makes bioplastic meat packaging from animal byproducts
Katie Paterson invites UK public to build sand mountains
Shellworks turns discarded lobster shells into recyclable bioplastic objects
The Guardian newspaper switches from plastic to compostable wrapping
10 bioplastic projects made from algae, corn starch and other natural materials
Ying Wang’s tea ceremony installation makes bioplastic using milk and vinegar
Lego to launch sustainable bricks made from sugar cane
Bio Iridescent Sequin made from trees responds to growing demand for greener fashion
Kartell creates bioplastic version of its iconic Componibili storage unit
Biodegradable plastics offer “no advantage” over conventional plastics in reducing ocean pollution
Bioplastics could be “just as bad if not worse” for the planet than fossil-fuel plastics
Arthur Mamou-Mani promotes circular design with bioplastic Conifera installation for COS
Thomas Vailly uses sunflowers to make bio-based materials
Cocoon BioFloss would enable people to grow their own micro homes
Margarita Talep develops algae-based alternative to single-use plastic packaging
Compostable natural plastic Nuatan can safely be eaten by fish
Reebok launches plant-based Cotton + Corn sneaker
Winners of $1 million Circular Materials Challenge prize for plastic alternatives announced
