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Carbios

Enzymatic Plastic Recycling and Biodegradation – The biochemistry company, Carbios, has developed an enzyme-based technology that can recycle all types of PET plastic, including those typically difficult to process, such as colored, opaque, and complex plastics. This process breaks PET down into its basic components, allowing it to be reused to create new plastics with the same quality as virgin[...]

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Rollor

Rollout Packaging Experience – Rollor offers fully recyclable, plastic-free packaging that protects delicate items like luxury goods and clothing from damage. The rollable design eliminates the need for excess materials and bulky void fillers. Being plastic free, Rollor Packaging uses only 100% recyclable cardboard that is sourced from FSC certified sources or up to 100% recycled papers. To[...]

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Crispy Bowls & Crisp Colours

Pigment and Tableware From Chip Bags – Crispy is a creative collection of serving bowls crafted entirely from delaminated post-consumer crisp packaging, right down to the paint used for decoration. This upcycling effort takes non-recyclable crisp packets—which are usually destined for landfills or incineration—and transforms them into functional art pieces. Through a specialized, solvent-based process, a single crisp (potato chip) packet[...]

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AmPrima

Mono-Material Coffee Pouch – Amcor offers a recyclable mono-material coffee pouch from their AmPrima line that claims to be both chemically and mechanically recyclable. The pouches are available in a range of mono PP and PE material formats and can enter existing recycle streams after use. Amcor claims their pouches have a potential to replace traditional non-recyclable mixed[...]

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Monta Biopack

Compostable Packaging Tape – Monta Biopack is a self-adhesive tape crafted from PLA, a bioplastic derived from corn starch and lactic acid, with natural rubber as its adhesive. Each roll consists of 90% renewable raw materials. This industrially compostable tape is certified by TÜV Austria with the “OK COMPOST INDUSTRIAL” mark, meeting global compostability standards such as EN[...]

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WILDBAGS

Garbage Bags From Wild Plastic – Wild plastic refers to plastic found outside the recycling system, often in illegal dumps, nature, or on streets. LDPE, mostly used in film applications, disperses easily and contributes significantly to environmental pollution, making it a priority for WILDPLASTIC to collect. LDPE presents challenges due to contamination and lower-quality output after recycling, limiting its reuse.[...]

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HeatWave Liner

Heat Retaining Pizza Box Liner – Westpak‘s HeatWave Liner packaging is a liner sheet made from recyclable, FSC-certified kraft paper, designed to fit standard pizza boxes. Its unique dome pattern lifts the pizza, reducing contact with the liner and creating an aerated layer that acts as a thermal barrier. Their initial tests show significant heat retention, with 12-inch pizzas staying[...]

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Sparxell Colour Pigments

Cellulose Colours Reflecting Natural Vibrancy – Sparxell‘s pigment products originated from the natural phenomenon of structural color, where microscopic structures create vivid hues by interacting with light. The company uses cellulose, a renewable biopolymer found in plant cell walls, to replicate these colours. By extracting and manipulating cellulose crystals, Sparxell achieves a self-assembled, ordered structure that reflects light, resulting in[...]

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Magic Knot Teabag

Organic, Plastic and Chemical Free Teabag – Magic Knot Teabags are glue and plastic free while utilizing a non heat sealed, double chambered design. The teabags offered by Nepalese tea company, Rakura, are made with unbleached filter paper devoid of any chemicals including chlorine and epichlorohydrin (common chemicals used to keep the colour and longevity of tea bags). With the absence[...]

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Chitofoam

Bioplastic Polystyrene – The designers and founders from studio Doppelgänger developed a polystyrene (EPS) alternative that is shock absorbent, water-resistant and is claimed to be home compostable. Charlotte Böhning and Mary Lempres developed their Chitofoam from the biopolymer chitin derived from mealworm exoskeletons. First, the mealworms are used to digest and break down waste polystyrene. Once the[...]

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Plant-Based Aluminum Dye

Dye From Plants – Designers and founders Odin Visser and Charles Gateau of Dutch design studio Loop Loop has developed a method to color aluminum using plant-based pigments instead of traditional petroleum-based dyes. They have created four bio-based pigments that can be applied to aluminum through anodizing. Four dyes have been developed so far: a warm purple derived[...]

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Boox Box

A Circular Economy Box and Shipping Service – Boox Boxes were created with circular economy in mind. Due to its mono material design and no need of tape, Boox can be reshipped numerous times before being fully recycled back to a new shipping box. In preventing the use of one time use cardboard, the tough and waterproof boxes can be personally designed,[...]

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