Pollution
Faux Flora helps pollution-blinded bees to find real flowers
HKS tops Utah’s tallest skyscraper with lights that indicate urban air quality
“We need plastic to keep our economic order going”
“We are not going to be silenced” say Lebanese Pavilion curators
MVRDV creates public seating area that doubles as “860-square-metre infographic” in Bangkok
Trump signs executive order to ditch paper straws for plastic
Coca‑Cola accused of abandoning reusable-packaging target
Is a plastic-free future possible?
“We need to design for human behaviour if we’re ever to get rid of single-use plastics”
Emy Bensdorp takes on PFAS pollution by turning “toxic” soil into bricks
England bans single-use plastic plates and cutlery to limit “devastating” pollution
UN gives green light to “historic” global treaty to end plastic waste
Carbon Cell makes plastic-free alternative to polystyrene
PlasticFree makes database of hundreds of plastic alternatives “forever free to all”
Diller Scofidio + Renfro serves up canal water coffee at Venice Architecture Biennale
“Super sewer fully up and running” in London to protect River Thames
Inxects vest lets architects “feel” the health of a site like a sixth sense
Squid-bone sponge found to soak up 99.8 per cent of microplastics
Ombak chair consists of 2,000 plastic bags salvaged from Bali’s rivers
Researchers find bioplastic drinking straws intact after over a year buried underground
School of Tomorrow exhibition addresses climate crisis in playful classroom setting
Recycled plastics often contain more toxic chemicals says Greenpeace
Waste crisis a “design-made mess” says Design Museum show curator
