Eco-design: plastics in constant search of virtue
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At a glance 1 minUsed World Cup cups recycled into football fields
A football pitch made from 50,000 cups used during the 2018 World Cup was inaugurated in Sochi, Russia....
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At a glance 2 minFirevase: remove flowers, put out fires
In order to raise awareness about the importance of having a fire extinguisher at home, Korean giant Samsung’s insurance company created the Firevase, a flower vase that can also be used as a throwabl...
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At a glance 1 minFlood barriers
How can homeowners effectively protect themselves from floods in advance? Building barriers using sandbags is usually a very time-consuming process. It can take so long that it would have been best to...
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At a glance 2 minSeabin, a new kind of floating bin
The seabin is a small floating plastic waste collector developed by an Australian team: a simple solution for cleaning up waste in ports and marinas before it reaches the sea or the ocean....
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At a glance 1 minRefabricator, a plastic recycling system in space (in orbit)
With its name that seems plucked straight out of Star Wars, the Refabricator is a 3D printer designed by NASA that is able to recycle astronauts’ plastic waste several times and convert it into medica...
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At a glance 2 minSki slopes on the roof of a waste treatment centre
Danish architect’s firm BIG has a slightly loopy project in mind: creating an artificial ski slope on the roof of a waste treatment centre. Their project is about to come to fruition and is scheduled ...