Liberty Ocean chair by Humanscale
Dezeen Showroom: nearly one kilogram of abandoned fishing nets found in the sea is used to make a Liberty Ocean task chair, designed by office furniture brand Humanscale. More
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Path by Todd Bracher Studio for Humanscale
Dezeen Showroom: designer Todd Bracher Studio has collaborated with office furniture brand Humanscale to create the Path task chair, which is made from recycled materials. More
Recycled furniture presented on heaps of waste at Potato Head's N*thing is Possible exhibition
Recycled-plastic products by designers including Max Lamb and Studio Toogood feature in the N*thing is Possible exhibition in Singapore, which showcases hospitality brand Potato Head's attempts to eliminate its landfill waste. More
Two Kettles, No Sofa installation playfully explores tensions between cohabiting couples
Designer James Shaw has created an installation of clashing furniture to poke fun at the disagreements that can arise when couples move in together, which is on display as part of London Design Festival. More
Museum of Space Available opens in Bali to explore circular design
Design studio Space Available has worked with Indonesian architects Sidarta and Sandjaja to turn a Bali building into an institution dedicated to circular design, with a facade made of 200,000 recycled plastic bottles. More
Rose In Good Faith creates shoes from recycled sex toys
Los Angeles streetwear brand Rose In Good Faith has collaborated with sex toy manufacturer Doc Johnson to create a pair of shoes using plastic recycled from sex toys. More
Sustonable surfaces by Sustonable
Dezeen Showroom: material brand Sustonable has created a range of 100 per cent recyclable surface materials that can be used for a range of uses. More
Juno 02 chair by Studio Irvine for Arper
Dezeen Showroom: textured recycled plastic is used to create the minimalist Juno 02 chair, which design brand Studio Irvine has created for Italian brand Arper. More
Dezeen Agenda newsletter features an open-source recycling machine for plastic bottles
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Polyformer, an open-source recycling machine that can be used to turn PET bottles into filament for additive manufacturing. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! More
Polyformer is an open-source machine that recycles plastic bottles into 3D printing filament
California-based industrial designer Reiten Cheng has developed a recycling machine that can be 3D printed using open-source instructions and used to turn PET bottles into filament for additive manufacturing. More
Fluit chair by Archirivolto Design for Actiu
Dezeen Showroom: furniture brand Actiu has launched Fluit, a chair made from recycled polypropylene plastic and fibreglass. More
Stax Recycled velvet by Søren Møller for Texstyle
Dezeen Showroom: Danish brand Texstyle has launched Stax Recycled, a velvet fabric made from upcycled PET bottles. More
NYC gallery celebrates 30th anniversary of Jane Atfield's recycled-plastic chairs
Emma Scully Gallery in Manhattan is showcasing the furniture of Jane Atfield, a British designer credited with one of the earliest uses of recycled plastics in furniture design. More
Nassau outdoor furniture collection by LifestyleGarden
Dezeen Showroom: to coincide with Global Recycling Day, furniture brand LifestyleGarden has launched Nassau, a collection of outdoor seating and tables made of plastic sourced from ethical recycling company Plastic Bank. More
Ohhcean sex toys are made from recycled ocean plastic
Danish brand Sinful has created a range of three sex toys using ocean plastic collected in Southeast Asia. More
Mobile AI-powered recycling plant Trashpresso wins World Design Impact Prize
An autonomous recycling machine designed by Taiwanese company Miniwiz, which can be transplanted into local communities to transform plastic waste into useful products, has received the 2021 World Design Impact Prize. More
Pearson Lloyd designs 3D-printed desk accessories made from recycled bioplastic waste
London studio Pearson Lloyd has worked with design and 3D-manufacturing studio Batch.Works to create pen pots, trays and a mobile-phone stand made from discarded food packaging for office brand Bene. More
Nagami 3D prints "aesthetically pleasing" portable toilet using plastic waste
Discarded plastic medical equipment from hospitals across Europe was melted into a filament and 3D-printed to create the mobile toilet cubicle The Throne, designed by Spanish studio Nagami for the To.org foundation. More
The New Raw 3D prints "zero-waste" Ermis chair from studio's own offcuts
Rotterdam studio The New Raw has recycled misprints and prototypes from its previous experiments in additive manufacturing to 3D print a limited edition chair called Ermis. More
Quest recycled fabric by Camira
Dezeen Showroom: British textile brand Camira has launched Quest – a versatile fabric made of recycled plastic waste taken from the oceans. More