A Student Just Designed a Seed Kit That Dissolves Into Your Garden
Most gardening products arrive in a blizzard of plastic. Clamshell trays, foil seed packets, twist ties, instruction cards laminated in polyester. You buy them, use…
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The Coffee Sleeve Reinvented From the Grounds Up
Every morning, millions of people grab a coffee to go and toss the paper sleeve into the trash without a second thought. It is a…
This Lamp Is Cast From Soda Can Trash But Looks Like Carved Stone
Upcycled materials have become a familiar part of sustainable design, but most of them still try to hide where they came from. The aluminum gets…
These Sequins Are Made From Industrial Dye Sludge and Still Sparkle
The fashion industry has a water problem that most people never see. Dyeing fabric is one of the most chemically intensive steps in garment production,…
Old Clothes Never Die, They Just Become Flower Pots
Most of us have a box. Or a bag, or a corner of the closet where clothes go to wait for a fate we haven’t…
Fishing Nets and Snack Wrappers Just Became Retaining Wall Blocks
Some plastics never get recycled, no matter how much you sort them. Fishing nets, buoys, agricultural films, and multilayer snack packaging are too dirty or…
When a Neighborhood Reclaimed Its Lost Shore With 9,200 Face Masks
Here’s something you don’t expect to sit on: surgical masks. Nearly 10,000 of them, to be exact. But that’s exactly what Design PY created in…
Bultan chair turns crowd-control barriers into sustainable seating
If you’ve ever been to a concert, you know that those crowd-control barriers can be both your salvation and your pain. They are, of course,…
3D printer with AI can turn food scraps into useful items
There have been numerous studies conducted and articles written on how much food is wasted every day in the U.S. alone. Creative thinkers are developing…
Crushing It with Style: The Yeti Can Crusher Turns Chores Into a Spectacle
There is a certain image that pops up whenever people think about crushing soda cans. It is the kind of scene you see in movies,…
Loop 3D printer concept turns plastic cups to scrubbers
Even though a lot of coffee shops offer discounts if you bring your own mug or tumbler when you buy from them, there’s still a…
AI-powered machine concept helps you sort and dispose of waste properly
According to studies, almost 83% of our every day garbage is not sorted and recycled. That means a lot of it is just thrown into…