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Pulpatronics tackles single-use electronics with paper RFID tags

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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. Due to the mix of paper, metal and silicon, they are unrecyclable and tend to end up in landfills.

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Edmund Bell shines at Heimtextil

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In addition, the proposal for its 100 per cent recycled decorative blackout RESET was selected to feature in the ‘WOWtential of Sustainable Fabrics’ presentation! MAVERICK stands out for its unpretentious yet thoughtful casual style, promising timelessness and undeniable appeal.

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Win Bigger At Saturday Indesign

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Share your photo and tag @mobilia_ in one of your Instagram Stories. To win this amazing experience, simply visit Didier at Saturday Indesign and photograph yourself with one of our brand-new furniture creations, then follow and tag @rossdidier on Instagram. Here is how to enter on the day: 1.Follow

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Harry Teng develops "shower-proof" prosthetic leg to help amputees wash with dignity and ease

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In general, prostheses come with a steep price tag as they have to be tailor-made to fit the user based on their height, weight and the shape of their residual limb. Read: Project Circleg uses recycled plastic to build low-cost prosthetics in Kenya. The biggest challenge is entering and exiting the shower.

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Eleven innovative designs shortlisted in Dezeen and Samsung's Re:Create Design Challenge

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Memory Capsule by Eunsu Lee Incheon, South Korea Eunsu Lee proposed a recycling campaign called Memory Capsule, in which discarded smartphones would be repurposed into USB devices that store memories such as images, videos and other data from old phones. The shortlisted entries are listed below in the order that they were submitted.

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Suzie McMurtry designs mycelium "spore cannon" to regenerate soil after wildfires

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The system makes use of mycoremediation – an experimental method that uses fungi, also known as nature's recyclers , to break down and remove pollutants from a contaminated environment. Pewter tags read the Latin name for the mushroom spores it holds. The tags melt down in a fire to create a memento of the event.

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Claesson Koivisto Rune designs biodegradable burial urn made from wool

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In Sweden, the ashes of the deceased are generally collected in a bag and delivered from the crematorium to the funeral home in a recycled cardboard box in accordance with tradition and regulation. A name tag can be added to personalise the urn. Its seams are left exposed as decorative features.

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