Waste

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Cultured Waste

As consumers tire of separating authentic sustainability claims from greenwashing, designers are using culture and heritage to cut through the noise.

Design : Sustainability : Culture

Designer begins plastic knife and vase made to be eaten and decomposed by insects

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Designer begins plastic knife and vase made to be eaten and decomposed by insects

Altering the environmental impact of polystyrene, one of the world's most polluting plastics, designer Arnaud Tantet turned to mealworms and superw...

Design : Food & Drink : Sustainability

Aizome introduces skincare range made from dye waste water

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Aizome introduces skincare range made from dye waste water

Japanese-German start up Aizome has teamed up with creative agency Serviceplan Innovation and New York-based design studio Workbyworks to create Wa...

Waste Less : Waste : Skincare

Five Future Home Scenarios for 2050

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Five Future Home Scenarios for 2050

As the climate crisis escalates, our population ages, and the way we live is reshaped by new technologies and materials, our homes will look very d...

Society : Sustainability : Health And Wellness

OnRepeat refills tackle beauty’s packaging problem

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OnRepeat refills tackle beauty’s packaging problem

Refillable products have grown across the beauty and personal care sectors, but the distribution of refills can still result in more packaging and ...

Beauty : Packaging : Sustainability

Starbucks’ re-usable cup programme minimises waste

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Starbucks’ re-usable cup programme minimises waste

Coffee chain Starbucks is aiming to reduce the amount of waste it creates with its new re-usable cup programme.

Food And Drink : Drinks : Coffee

Stat: Indians look to brands for single-use plastic innovation

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Stat: Indians look to brands for single-use plastic innovation

Despite widespread consumer concerns, a new report by Mintel reveals a significant lack of information about reducing plastic waste in India.

Stat : Beauty : Recycling

This ‘bottle’ redesign challenges shampoo packaging

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This ‘bottle’ redesign challenges shampoo packaging

Creative agency BBDO Guerrero is rethinking the design of shampoo bars, with The Dissolving Bottle project.

Toiletries : Beauty : Packaging

This recycling programme cuts hair extension waste

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This recycling programme cuts hair extension waste

Hair extensions brand Milk + Blush is launching a hair recycling programme to reduce the wastefulness of its current practices.

Hair : Salon : Beauty

Ikea’s cookbook transforms food waste into culinary creations

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Ikea’s cookbook transforms food waste into culinary creations

Canada – Ikea has launched a collection of recipes that turns leftover food into gourmet dishes, intending to reduce food waste in Canada.

Food & Drink : Retail : Sustainability

Stat: Global food waste remains at substantial levels

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Stat: Global food waste remains at substantial levels

Food waste remains at significant levels in households, retail outlets and food services across the globe.

Stat : Food And Drink : Food Waste

Experimental cosmetics that rework food waste

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Experimental cosmetics that rework food waste

Designer Júlia Roca Vera is encouraging less wasteful habits through her line of food waste cosmetics.

Beauty : Health : Wellness

This chair is made from unwanted laptops

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This chair is made from unwanted laptops

Designer Tom Robinson has collaborated with material manufacturing firm The Good Plastic Company to create a flatpack chair made of recycled hardware.

Design : Furniture : Waste

Transparency means business in the Covid age

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Transparency means business in the Covid age

Covid-19 brings an opportunity for brands to radicalise a generation of recycling moderates into consumers that demand transparency from retail bra...

Packaging : Retail : Sustainability

Samsung’s waste initiative thinks outside the box

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Samsung’s waste initiative thinks outside the box

Dezeen and Samsung are tackling cardboard waste in the Out of the Box design competition.

Retail : Design : Packaging

Deadstock Designers

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Deadstock Designers

As the pandemic leaves fashion brands with a glut of unsold apparel, designers are shifting focus to dead stock and agile new waste strategies.

Fashion : Retail : Design

Will Covid quell fashion’s ‘more is more’ mindset?

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Will Covid quell fashion’s ‘more is more’ mindset?

With smaller brands struggling to stay afloat and larger brands left with stock but no demand, the pandemic could push fashion toward a post-growth...

Fashion : Retail : Sustainability

Gymshark’s educational workplace waste plan

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Gymshark’s educational workplace waste plan

Gymshark has introduced a recycling initiative to empower employees to better tackle their workplace waste.

Sustainability : Health : Society

An all-purpose cleaner made from food waste

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An all-purpose cleaner made from food waste

Veles has launched with a closed-loop cleaning product made entirely from food waste.

Sustainability : Food & Drink : Circular

A new French law will halt goods to landfill

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A new French law will halt goods to landfill

A new French law will crack down on product waste and stop unsold goods from being thrown away.

Sustainability : Society : Waste

The spaces making zero-waste dining luxurious

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The spaces making zero-waste dining luxurious

Chefs and restaurateurs are proving that zero-waste can be high-end with a raft of new eateries representing the next generation of sustainable hos...

Food : Waste : Sustainability

Summary: Ibiza’s nightlife industry is a major polluter

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Summary: Ibiza’s nightlife industry is a major polluter

According to figures from the Ibiza Preservation Foundation, Ibiza produced half a tonne of waste per person this year, which is 14% higher than th...

Sustainability : Waste : Clubbing

Carlsberg unveils the world’s first paper beer bottles

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Carlsberg unveils the world’s first paper beer bottles

The fully recyclable Green Fibre Bottle is made from sustainably sourced wood fibres.

Drinks : Sustainability : Waste

By-product beauty

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By-product beauty

Skincare brands are turning waste ingredients into desirable beauty products that cater for the growing number of environmentally conscious consumers.

Beauty : Ingredient : Circular Economy

Reinventing sausages for veggie-curious consumers

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Reinventing sausages for veggie-curious consumers

Misfit Foods has launched a range of flavour-packed sausages that reposition the humble foodstuff for both meat and vegetables lovers.

Food : Sustainability : Waste

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