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19/10/11

PET bridal wear

Here’s a one-off bridal gown: created by British designer Michelle Brand, all in recycled PET.read more

19/10/11

A plastic radiation detector

Say goodbye to Geiger counter needles going crazy near a radioactive source!read more

16/09/11

Bubbling up

Smack-bang in the centre of Barcelona’s El Poblenou technological innovation district stands the “Mediatic" a revolutionary building designed by the Cloud9 agency and Ruiz Geli. read more

16/09/11

“Tough Softies”

A punchy slogan for the younger sibling of the traditional French boules! An avid boules player, frustrated at having to wait for better weather to go outside and play...read more

16/09/11

A passkey ring

Former graphic designer Benjamin Parton, a Royal College of Art Student, has designed a wearable Oyster card (the electronic travel card used to pay for London transport). It is a chunky blue plastic ring which he’s named the Oi. read more

04/08/11

Paying with plastic

The Bank of Canada has unveiled its new polymer banknotes.read more

04/08/11

Ties of a new kind

New railway sleepers in Germany thanks to recycled plastic...read more

04/08/11

Where there’s smoke …

Stand-alone smoke alarms do two things: they detect smoke, and alert the occupants to the danger of fire. read more

27/06/11

Anti-explosion textile

How can airplane passengers be better protected from attacks?read more

27/06/11

Impact of forest fires

The catastrophic fires which razed the State of Victoria, in Australia, over 14 days in 2009, destroyed 430,000 hectares of vegetation...read more

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