University graduate Jamie Pybus has designed a household system for cultivating edible mushrooms using coffee grounds.

A moldable fibrous composite made of 60% coir (coconut) fibres and 40% natural latex.

Imperial graduate Nicole Stjernswärd has invented Kaiku, a system that turns plants into powdered paint pigments using vaporisation technology.

With the project Shapeshift that kicks off today, funding platform Kickstarter calls for projects made from recycled materials, transforming “trash” into original product design.

The British Plastics Federation (BPF) has launched PackScore, a sustainable plastic packaging design tool for brands, designers and retailers.

Hitzefrei from Innsbruck packs its popsicles in Repaq. They are the first plastic free popsicles on the market. Congratulations!

University of Sussex graduate Lucy Hughes used fish waste to create MarinaTex, a compostable alternative to current single-use plastic that has won her this year's UK James Dyson Award.

Whether multi-layered food packaging, power cable sheathing or a toothbrush: Many plastic products cannot be recycled.

Ocean trash from around the world was used to create a limited edition of vacuum cleaners called “Vacs from the Sea”.

Researchers from the University of Valle de Atemajac in Zapopan, Mexico have created a biodegradable plastic from the juice of the prickly pear cactus.