Miller and Moran, who help run the architectural practice T+E+A+M, saw both a material and an aesthetic opportunity in this recycled plastic building material.“We had this idea that waste ...

Unlike traditional methods favouring one material, material neutrality selects packaging based on factors like recyclability, ...

Billions of tons of plastic waste clutter our world. Most of it has accumulated on the ground and in the oceans or disintegrated into tiny particles known as microplastics that pollute the air and the ...

A new ocean-dissolvable plastic from Japan breaks down overnight with no microplastics left behind – safe, strong, and eco-friendly innovation for the future.

A promising new material created from plants could help replace the single-use plastics that dominate our everyday lives. Developed by researchers in Japan, this cellulose-based paperboard is ...

Lego, which sells billions of plastic bricks annually, has tested over 600 different materials to develop a new material that would completely replace its oil-based brick by 2030, but with limited ...

Unlike earlier biodegradable plastics, the material is strong and easy to process and takes only hours to decompose. Subscribe . Digital Print . July 11, 2025 . Subscribe. Digital Print.