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EcoFit Paper Lid Aims to Cut 400 Tons of Plastic Waste per 100 Million Coffee Cups

February 4, 2025

Your morning coffee cup’s plastic lid might soon be a thing of the past. Seda International has created the EcoFit Lid, a paper-based lid that works just like the plastic ones we’re

Architecture·Design

It would take to make rectilinear building elements, Photo Source: Saleh Jamsheer (@ MIT News)

MIT’s 3D-Printed Mud Molds Aim to Halve Concrete’s 8% Carbon Emissions

January 31, 2025

Rahul Somvanshi

Construction is getting a surprising helper: dirt from the building site itself. MIT researchers have found a way to use 3D-printed mud to build concrete structures faster and cheaper than traditional methods.

Design·Fashion·Science

Strip of e-textile demonstrating the flexible qualities of ink jet printed graphene. Credit: Marzia Dulal

Biodegradable E-Textiles Revolutionize Health Monitoring While Cutting Environmental Waste

January 14, 2025

Rahul Somvanshi

Research teams from UWE Bristol and University of Southampton have engineered electronic textiles (e-textiles) that decompose naturally while maintaining medical-grade monitoring capabilities. The Smart, Wearable, and Eco-friendly Electronic Textiles (SWEET) project, published

Architecture·Design·Materials

Examples of materials made from fruit and vegetable waste (cabbage, orange, onion). Photo Source: The University of Tokyo

Scientists Turn Chinese Cabbage Waste into 18 MPa Sustainable Construction Material

January 13, 2025

Rahul Somvanshi

Japanese researchers have achieved 18 MPa flexural strength from Chinese cabbage waste—creating construction-grade materials four times stronger than concrete. The achievement emerged from the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Industrial Science, where

Design·Sustainability

A Portable Water & Wind Turbine – Water Lily

Waterlily was conceived and produced in Canada by Seaformatics Systems Inc. Researchers have been studying subsea power collection devices for the past 10 years now and have developed water lily products. Water

Karmactive Team

October 11, 2022

Design·Sustainability

Onmateria’s Green Box Kit Is Helping Environment One Box At A Time

Three individuals, Eléa, Lola, and James, currently run the Swedish design company OnMateria. Sustainability, product usability, and the desire to solve problems via design are the common threads that bind the three members

Nikitha Sebastian

October 5, 2022

Design·Technology

Sea Ice Mimicking Polygon Floes To Reduce Ocean Temperatures – Project ARCSTAR

Climate change is regarded by the World Health Organization as the greatest threat to global health in the twenty-first century. Climate change in its current iteration includes global warming and its impacts

Jonathan Santosh

September 19, 2022

Design·Fashion·Plant Based

A Leather Alternative Made From Pineapple Waste – Pinatex

Pinatex is a natural, innovative and patented material, made from pineapple leaf fibres gathered by partner farms and farming cooperatives. Pinatex fibres are the by-product of the pineapple harvest. That means it

Karmactive Staff

September 13, 2022

Design·Plant Based·Sustainability

Otrivin Air Lab – Converting Air Pollution Into Handy Products

Otrivin Air Lab is an urban laboratory that converts air pollution into products that help us breathe. Based in London, UK, this living showroom is open to the public at the Building

Pranjali Hasotkarand

Karmactive Team

September 4, 2022

Design·Sustainability

Greeting Cards That Can Be Planted And Grown Into Flowering Plants – Thoughtful Human

Thoughtful Human is a gifting agency which helps one gift a customised product according to their preference. They do offer eco-friendly printed T- shirts, printed bags but their most unique gifting option

Karmactive Staff

August 19, 2022

Design·Sustainability·Technology

A Woven Air-Conditioner That Doesn’t Require Any Power By Maxime Louis

Matières Spécifiques is a series of environmentally-friendly designs by Maxime Louis that seek to revolutionize home appliances. The current age of modern home appliances is complicated designs of high consumption that become

Jonathan Santosh

August 12, 2022

Design·Sustainability

Earthy Home Products Made From Organic Waste – Ottan Studio

Ottan Studio is an impact startup company based in Istanbul, Turkey, which focuses on up-cycling waste materials into high-quality materials in order to be used in interior and industrial design products. The

Tista Karmakar

July 29, 2022

Design

Handy Phone Case Made From Recycled Fishing Nets – Popsicase

The story of POPSICASE is indeed a very inspiring one. This business started from a true place of passion and became a step towards sustainability. Pablo, who is an artist, was at

Enayat Garg

June 26, 2022

Design

Wood Material Made Without Cutting A Single Tree – Symmetry Wood

Symmetry Wood is a sustainable brand that uses the principles of biotechnology to produce Pyrus, a petroleum-free wood-like substance made from recycled bacterial cellulose from the kombucha industry. This material is thick,

Enayat Garg

June 21, 2022

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Design - Page 14

EcoFit Paper Lid Aims to Cut 400 Tons of Plastic Waste per 100 Million Coffee Cups

MIT’s 3D-Printed Mud Molds Aim to Halve Concrete’s 8% Carbon Emissions

Biodegradable E-Textiles Revolutionize Health Monitoring While Cutting Environmental Waste

Scientists Turn Chinese Cabbage Waste into 18 MPa Sustainable Construction Material

A Portable Water & Wind Turbine – Water Lily

Onmateria’s Green Box Kit Is Helping Environment One Box At A Time

Sea Ice Mimicking Polygon Floes To Reduce Ocean Temperatures – Project ARCSTAR

A Leather Alternative Made From Pineapple Waste – Pinatex

Otrivin Air Lab – Converting Air Pollution Into Handy Products

Greeting Cards That Can Be Planted And Grown Into Flowering Plants – Thoughtful Human

A Woven Air-Conditioner That Doesn’t Require Any Power By Maxime Louis

Earthy Home Products Made From Organic Waste – Ottan Studio

Handy Phone Case Made From Recycled Fishing Nets – Popsicase

Wood Material Made Without Cutting A Single Tree – Symmetry Wood

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