Category "Waste"

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

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”.

Study finds 800,000 extra fibres are shed than on standard washing machine setting.

“Nurdles”, also known as “mermaid tears”, pose a huge risk to the marine environment.

CARBIOS breakthrough technology enables production of PET Bottles from 100% recycled plastic waste.

Cigarette filters are composed of thousands of cellulose acetate fibres, contain thousands of chemicals and take years to disappear from the environment.

Black soldier fly maggots provide a zero waste option for organic recycling, according to Jeff Tomberlin, professor in the department of entomology at Texas A&M University.

Biofase has found an ingenious way to recycle discarded avocado pits. The Mexican company turns them into eco-friendly utensils.

O Calme combines two products: the bubble bath and the exfoliating scrub. One is the content and the other is the container.