The plastic-free design is made from the same plant fibers used in toilet paper and because it weighs as much as four squares of two-ply toilet paper, it can be safely flushed after use for total privacy.
Lia is the world’s first flushable, biodegradable pregnancy test Read more
Designed with eco-friendliness in mind, the disposable razor uses paper throughout its body and metal for the blade — reducing plastic by 98 percent compared to conventional razors.
Japanese knife maker Kai develops the world’s first disposable paper razor Read more
For the first time, manufacturers will be legally required to make spare parts available so that consumers can make repairs at home; hence, the nickname “right to repair law.”
U.K. citizens get the right to repair Read more
Coca-Cola has partnered with Danish startup Paboco (“Paper Bottle Company”) as one of many strategies to reduce the three million metric tons of plastic packaging it goes through per year.
Coca-Cola to test fully recyclable paper bottle in Hungary Read more
Volkswagen expects this process to yield the raw materials needed for new battery production, such as copper, aluminum, lithium, manganese, cobalt and graphite.
VW opens a recycling plant for batteries at the end of their lives Read more
Anthill Creations specializes in affordable play spaces that are sustainably constructed with a combination of local waste materials and materials donated from companies such as Michelin and Apollo Tire.
Anthill Creations builds hundreds of playgrounds in India’s slums out of local waste Read more
The trash traps have already collected more than 18 tons of floating waste. Now, thanks to additional funding, more are being rolled out Nam Dinh province over the next two years.
Trash trap gets to work removing plastic waste from Vietnam’s Red River Read more
AMP Robotics’s AI-powered recycling robot that can sort through recyclables twice as fast as its human counterparts has gone global.
AI-powered recycling robots now deployed in three continents and 20 states Read more
In China, 2020 was bid farewell with a flurry of fireworks and the scratching off of 200 million metric tonnes of plastic straws from the nation’s pollution inventory.
Plastic straws and single-use bags vanish from China as ban kicks in Read more
Scribit Pen cartridges are made of natural fibers and contain non-toxic, water-based ink.
CRA reveals the world’s first compostable marker Read more
