Sweden opens the world’s first recycling mall
In Sweden, ReTuna Återbruksgalleria is the world’s first mall that combines a recycling centre with a circular-economy-centric shopping experience.
A pub lets you pay your beer with old iPhones
In London, the Trade-Inn pub lets you pay for your food and beverages with electronic waste.
Furniture made from eelgrass, good for the environment and your health
The Danish startup Søuld produces eco-friendly building materials from eelgrass.
An adoption agency for preloved toys opens in London
In the UK, Loved Before opened a “soft toy adoption agency” to promote sustainability in the industry and give preloved toys a second life.
Nigerian designer upcycles tyres into gorgeous furniture
Favour Oluma is a Nigerian entrepreneur who creates modern ottomans and coffee tables from old tyres through her company Retyredglam.
Modpools upcycles containers into luxurious swimming pools
The Vancouver-based company Modpools converts shipping containers into swimming pools.
Ivory Coast inaugurates a cocoa-waste-powered biomass plant
Ivory Coast, the world’s largest cocoa producer, will inaugurate a biomass plant that runs on cocoa waste.
Paper Seed Co. creates face masks that turn into trees
Putting seeds in face masks: that’s the original idea the Indian NGO Paper Seed Co. implemented to fight the pollution generated by the tons of single-use face masks dumped during the pandemic.
A Nigerian NGO builds earthquake-proof houses from recycled plastic bottles
How cool would it be if we could provide affordable and quality housing and help the youth in our communities while preserving the planet?
Our favourite movie snack makes a wonderful packaging material
While enjoying a bucket of popcorn at his favourite movie theatre, Alireza Kharazipour, a researcher at the University of Göttingen, had a flash of genius: replacing polystyrene-based packing peanuts with popcorn!