A Spanish fashion company is using discarded plastic bottles, fishing nets, tyres and even coffee to produce a range of upmarket upcycled clothing. Read on

One man's trash is another man's treasure. And in this particular case, that couldn't be more true. In the middle of a forest, on an island off the coast of Panama, an entirely new kind of village is springing up, with each house made of tens of thousands of recycled plastic bottles.  Read on

Biodegradable plastics derived from plant materials seem like a solution to sustainably deal with the vast mount of plastic that is used and thrown away each year. Read on