Biodegradable Cellphones?

Dutch designer Gert-Jan van Breugel’s new project is a cellphone made from 100% biodegradable materials including corn and bamboo. Its still at conceptual level and hasn’t gone into production yet so your next best option until then is the Nokia Evolve, which is made from 50% renewable material and comes in reduced and recycled packaging.

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Greening the Future

According to a report by trend forecasters, The Future Lab, packaging designers need to think more holistically about the challenges we face in the future with regards to sustainability, cost-effectiveness and waste minimisation.

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Cradle-to-Cradle Design

Over the last few months, I’ve been seeing the term cradle-to-cradle design popping up everywhere in environmental magazines and articles. My understanding of this is that every material or product designed should have renewable benefits in the sense that they replenish the earth. In this closed-loop cycle, non-toxic and organic materials flow in regenerative cycles…

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Beetroot to the rescue

In response to growing concerns regarding the impact that the biofuel/bioplastic industry has on food security, there have been some exciting developments in the manufacture of biodegradable bioplastic. Research has shown that beetroot pulp can be used in manufacturing biodegradable alternatives to plastic. And, because the pulp is a bi-product, it does not pose the…

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Is this end of the road for plastic?

If global trends around the world are anything to by, it seems that the plastic industry’s days are numbered. Major cities like San Francisco, Hong Kong, Paris and Melbourne have already kick-started the biodegradable revolution, last year, by banning all plastic shopping bags. In Australia, almost 90% of all retailers have committed themselves to a…

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Biodegradable till I die!

People around the world are taking their commitment to the biodegradable revolution to a whole new level and are being buried in biodegradable coffins. Its all the rage in the States and the UK where eco-consumerism is becoming a force to be reckoned with. The seedpod-shaped coffin, known as the Ecopod, is made of recycled…

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