
Mujō
Developing biodegradable packaging materials from kelp
These initiatives and start-ups are building a more fair and sustainable society using innovative design. From prototypes to community projects, you’ll find projects in diverse stages of development, drawing from a wide range of strategies — with creativity at their core. Each one joined WDCD’s community through a design Challenge, and it’s WDCD’s role to support them in building their resources, network, skills and knowledge.
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Developing biodegradable packaging materials from kelp

Turning Crop residue into tree-free paper

Biodegradable sanitary pads made from banana fibre

Nivogo uses cutting-edge technology in the largest garment renewal and refurbishment centre in Eastern Europe

An online community & marketplace for upcycled products

Regeneration of extinct flavor families via microalgae

Designing a system of objects for breeding Meliponini bees – an example of circular interspecies collaboration

Making nearly any water drinkable with an Open Source purification device

Turning agricultural waste into a new type of biodegradable and soil-enriching fabric

Resortecs develops solutions for textile disassembly and recycling

Balena has created BioCir™, a durable, flexible and bio-based plastic alternative that is wholly biodegradable in an industrial composting environment

Natural bricks that can be used to provide affordable, safe and circular housing solutions