reCIRCLE
reCIRCLE replaces single-use packaging with reusable alternatives. Restaurants, stores and events can purchase, use, refill and wash them hundreds of times, before returning them to reCIRCLE when they are not needed anymore.
GoJelly
A Floating litter trap located in Thailand that uses a bypass flap to leverage water flow and pressure to capture and trap floating litter. It has a 2-way entrance system using natural water current and pressure to help collect trash floating on the water surface and prevent it from leaking by tidal movement.
UnPlastic
UnPlastic is a compostable non-plastic foil. It is made from bio-waste: from food industry sources, by-products and brewery waste.
Pieter Pot
A platform to do your shopping avoiding packaging. Products are delivered at home in reusable pots, that are picked up at every next order.
Loop
Loop is a platform that offers a deposit system for packaging. Consumers place a refundable deposit and when the products are finished the company picks them up, cleans and reuses them.
Popcorn packaging
Popcorn based packaging to replace Styrofoam. A team of researchers use crushed corn, made from the inedible by-products of cornflakes production, and use a steam process to expand that crushed corn into what they call “granulated” popcorn.
MycoComposite
MycoComposite by EcovativeDesign uses mycelium, the root structure of mushrooms, to grow materials that replace plastic. Mycelium is the root structure of mushrooms, and it is used to bind together organic agricultural byproducts, such as wood chips, to produce durable, bio-based and 100% compostable materials.
SCOBY
MakeGrow Lab developes a new generation of materials and resources to replace fossil-fuels in packaging, textile and more. SCOBY is a home-compostable packaging solution which grows from bio-waste and is plastic free and home compostable. The material also serves as an oxygen and microbial barreer.
FLAM
A group of researchers from Singapore University of Technology and Design created FLAM (fungal-like adhesive material), a biodegradable material made from cellulose and chitin that can be used for 3D printing.
Peel Saver
An idea from a team of students at Nuova Academia dell Arte in Milano (Italy), Peel Saver is an alternative to street food packaging which replaces plasticized paper packaging. It is made from potato peels waste, macerated and naturally dried.
