Packaging designs aimed at boosting recycling rates and reducing the prevalence of single-use plastics are destined to fail unless they help to change people's behaviour, writes Matt Millington. More
Super Local has won the Dutch Design Award for best product of 2023 with a project that creates colourful souvenirs from trash that was carried out of the Himalayas by mountain trekkers. More
Chinese materials company Yi Design has developed a porous brick made from recycled ceramic waste that could be used to prevent flooding in urban areas. More
German branding and advertising agency Serviceplan has developed a skincare product made from textile-industry wastewater to promote Japanese startup Aizome's chemical-free dyeing process. More
A colourful, reconstituted leather made from cutting room scraps was among the recycled materials used to create the fixtures and fittings for Coachtopia, a London pop-up store for American label Coach. More
Japanese designer Daisuke Yamamoto presented recycled steel chairs on podiums of the same material as part of an exhibition in Milan, which has been shortlisted for a 2023 Dezeen Award. More
A conceptual wildfire detection system powered by renewable energy and composed of recycled Samsung smartphones has been named the winner of the Re:Create Design Challenge. More
A group of design graduates from London's Royal College of Art have come up with a way to make RFID tags entirely from paper, with no metal or silicon components in a bid to cut down on waste from single-use electronics. More
Design group Circular Economy Manufacturing has created a small factory that uses solar energy to convert plastic waste into household items and city infrastructure on Governors Island. More
British designer Gareth Neal and Dutch studio The New Raw have used thrice-recycled plastic and a new 3D-printing method to create the objects in the Digitally Woven series, which are printed in loops rather than layers. More
Danish toymaker Lego has abandoned its pilot programme to make recycled plastic bricks from discarded bottles after projections suggested that, adopted at scale, the material would ultimately have a higher carbon footprint. More
L'Arc de Triomphe Wrapped, artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude's last work, is being recycled by Parley for the Oceans, which will turn it into tents and sun shades for use during the 2024 Olympics and other events in Paris. More
Promotion: aluminium and renewable energy company Hydro is exhibiting its collaboration with designer Lars Beller Fjetland at the London Design Festival, exploring how partnerships can help make the metals industry more sustainable. More
Discarded iPhones, vapes, a fly swatter and a 1950s radio form Recover-E, a replica racing car built entirely out of electronic waste by Manchester design studio Lazerian. More
Wearable health trackers for pets, AI-powered clip-on cameras for the visually impaired and a wildfire detection system are among 11 designs shortlisted in Dezeen and Samsung's Re:Create Design Challenge. More
Local studio Lab La Bla sourced diabase rock from a nearby mine and created seating from MDF and recycled cork for the interior of energy company E.ON's headquarters in Malmö, Sweden. More
Designer Jeffrey Miller has created tiles for the London Underground using the transit system's own waste, as part of his final-year work at Central Saint Martins. More
Dezeen and Samsung's Re:Create Design Challenge closes for entries at midnight on Wednesday 19 July. Enter before the deadline for the chance to win up to £10,000. More
There are just two weeks left to enter our Re:Create Design Challenge, which invites readers to repurpose old Samsung devices or materials into new products or services. Enter before 19 July. More
There is one month left to enter our Re:Create Design Challenge, which challenges readers to come up with ideas for reusing Samsung electronic devices or waste materials. Enter now before the contest closes on 19 July. More