At a glance

American IT giant Hewlett-Packard made a splash when it released its new ultra-portable computer weighing less than 1 kilo (exactly 990 grams) christened the “Elite Dragonfly” after the matte blue dra...

The Municipality of Amsterdam has come up with an imaginative way of protecting the canals, that the Dutch capital is renowned for, from all types of waste and from plastic waste in particular....

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The story of Patagonia and the environment began in 1993: the outdoor wear manufacturer was the first to manufacture fleeces made from post-consumer plastic bottles (http://plastic-lemag.com/des-reinc...

The motorhome of the future is a 100% German creation. The result of a collaboration between Hymer and BASF, the VisionVenture motorhome was recently unveiled to the public at various trade fairs, and...

A few years ago, a small plastic waste recycling company developed a brick made from used plastic packaging of all kinds - an ideal solution for building low-cost housing. (http://plastic-lemag.com/Ab...

Since 25 September, in the United States, Mattel, the creator of the famous Barbie© doll, started selling new, customisable dolls designed to break down stereotypes: a collection of six non-gendered d...

In an article published in 2013 under the title “Sunshine and plastics: bright ideas for a better world”, we talked about Little Sun, a small sun-shaped solar-powered lamp designed by two Scandinavian...

The result of a collaboration between 3D printing giant Stratasys and two New York-based designers, the Chro-Morpho collection unveiled at the recent New York Fashion Week was inspired by microscopic ...