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- Upcycled plastic bottles are used to create this durable emergency shelter Sat, 15 Jun 19, 12:30amInnovative design start-up Six Miles Across London Limited (small.) has just unveiled an emergency shelter made almost entirely out of upcycled plastic bottles. The Recycled BottleHouse is a pyramid-shaped shelter that was...
- Costa Rica aims to become the first country to ban all single-use plastics Tue, 8 Aug 17, 12:34amCosta Rica is taking a stand against the plastic waste flooding our oceans and clogging up our landfills: the country is poised to become the first in the world to eliminate all single-use plastics...
- These LEGO-like recycled plastic bricks create sturdy homes for just $5,200 Fri, 22 Jul 16, 10:37pmColombian company Conceptos Plásticos saw two pressing issues in the world and decided to tackle both with recycled building materials. One issue is the housing crisis, prevalent in Latin America where 80 percent of the...
- PETE Turns Plastic Bottles into Clothing Right at Home Sun, 19 Oct 14, 5:11amWant to reduce your plastic waste without it ever leaving your home? Meet PETE, one of the six finalists in the Electrolux Design Lab competition, which lets you recycle plastic bottles into clothing right in the comfort...
- Eco-Cleaning Company Ecover is Making Bottles Out of Recycled Ocean Plastic Tue, 13 May 14, 1:18amRight now there are about 46,000 pieces of trash floating around in every square mile of the ocean, which is why Belgian company Ecover is now making their cleaning product packaging from plastic fished out of the sea...
- Plastic Disclosure Project Wants to Measure Your Plastic Footprint Tue, 16 Aug 11, 11:33pmWe’re all very familiar with the concept of a carbon footprint, but have you ever thought about your plastic footprint? Well, the Plastic Disclosure Project (PDP) wants us to start...