Thames Glass, fantastic bio glass obtained from the shells of mussels
A bio glass made from zero-kilometer waste products can make a difference in construction and architecture as well. And it's beautiful, which doesn't hurt.
A bio glass made from zero-kilometer waste products can make a difference in construction and architecture as well. And it's beautiful, which doesn't hurt.
Wood (and especially cellulose): a wonder that never ceases to amaze. After centuries, we still discover new things: this new method to produce a super knife can be used for a thousand other things.
Imperial College London makes new "Living Bricks" filled with bacteria, which exhibit extraordinary properties.
A product design student finds a way to reuse food processing scraps by inventing a stone-like material made from fish scales
Two German designers develop an envelope (but above all a production chain) based on the waste of fruit peels and cellulose fibers. Efficient, elegant, sustainable. It bodes well.
Recycled cocoa bean shells for takeaway containers? Remade focuses on sustainable growth in the delivery sector.
Desserto, Mexican startup, derives skin and leather from succulents. A variety of cacti from which a turning point is obtained for the entire textile industry.
Cyrill Gutsch, head of an environmental organization, is certain: no circular economy until biomaterials will replace plastic. And he's right.
A speculative and provocative paper by a team of European academics explores the possibility of living in houses made of mushrooms. Living building.
A brick made of bacteria can replicate to eight bricks. Living cement can make construction more environmentally sustainable.
The team created a new bio-material by merging cellulose fibers and silk proteins together. The result is spectacular and biodegradable.
Buckminster Fuller's ideas see the light after 70 years thanks to more accessible materials. The world is ready to live under bioceramic domes.