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Photo of Bicycle parts — Bicycle parts
Owusu Ross Junior

Photo of Plants, Insects, Silk — Plants, Insects, Silk
Margot Malpote

Photo of Chicken eggs — Chicken eggs
Giuseppe Abate

Photo of Demolition waste — Demolition waste
Hutsama Juntaratana

Photo of Shoes — Shoes
Vincent (Sniper) Frimpong

Photo of Beetroot, Sugarcane, Paper — Beetroot, Sugarcane, Paper
Elena Redaelli

Photo of Textile fibre, Soil — Textile fibre, Soil
Davide Balda

Photo of Food waste, Mineral waste — Food waste, Mineral waste
Yilin Han

Photo of Paper hemp composite — Paper hemp composite
Teodoro Rava

Photo of Plant fibre — Plant fibre
Sujin Moon

Photo of Crisp packet — Crisp packet
Alara Sipahioglu

Photo of Clay soil — Clay soil
Iben Ramvad

Photo of Fish skin — Fish skin
Luna Wirtz-Ortvald

Photo of Eelgrass — Eelgrass
Luna Wirtz-Ortvald

Photo of Flavonoids — Flavonoids
Jehnna Yang

Photo of Sand, Soil — Sand, Soil
Delia Rößer, Giovanni Amerio, Hamutal Hayun, Vincenzo Lapiccirella

Photo of Reclaimed Copper — Reclaimed Copper
Marlo Lyda

Photo of Human hair — Human hair
Studio Savine

Photo of Styrofoam waste — Styrofoam waste
we+

Photo of Manna — Manna
Domenico Mangano, Marieke van Rooy

Photo of Agar agar, Vegetable glycerine — Agar agar, Vegetable glycerine
Lotta Bauer

Photo of Himalayan balsam — Himalayan balsam
Sophie Ferrier

Photo of Rubber — Rubber
Eline van Dijkman

Photo of Meat and bone meal — Meat and bone meal
Lilith Stumpf

Photo of Mycelium, Clay — Mycelium, Clay
Lorenzo Silvestri

Photo of Cellulose — Cellulose
Müge Yildiz

Photo of Building waste — Building waste
Mayra Deberg Alencar

Photo of Biochar — Biochar
Carla Alcalà Badias

Photo of Wool, Earth — Wool, Earth
Liliana Carvalho

Photo of Recycled plastic — Recycled plastic
Luisa Tovar Méndez

Photo of Asbestos, River clay — Asbestos, River clay
Benedetta Pompili

Photo of Pine sawdust, Sodium alginate — Pine sawdust, Sodium alginate
David Cabra

Photo of Seaweed — Seaweed
Gwenllian Spink

Photo of Wool waste — Wool waste
Nina Havermans

Photo of Paper waste — Paper waste
Design An Mor

Photo of Avocado seed — Avocado seed
María-Elena Pombo

Photo of Recycled HDPE — Recycled HDPE
Elian Beeker

Photo of Collagen — Collagen
Mimotype Technologies, WINT Design Lab

Photo of Waste leather — Waste leather
Gereon Wahle

Photo of Lignin, Cellulose — Lignin, Cellulose
Basse Stittgen

Photo of Japanese knotweed — Japanese knotweed
Virgile Durando

Photo of Ceramic waste — Ceramic waste
Cooper Siegel

Photo of Soil, Seeds — Soil, Seeds
Asi Segal, Danny Freedman, Elisheva Gillis, Gitit Linker, Noa Zermati, Nof Nathansohn, Or Naim, Rivka Partook

Photo of Peapod peel — Peapod peel
Mari Koppanen

Photo of Cardboard — Cardboard
EveryOtherDay

Photo of Corn husk, Corn cob — Corn husk, Corn cob
Apilada Vorachart

Photo of Nutshell, Pine resin — Nutshell, Pine resin
Sara Baptista da Silva

Photo of Ceramic, Coffee ground — Ceramic, Coffee ground
Sara Baptista da Silva

Photo of Olivine, Oyster shell — Olivine, Oyster shell
Santa Ramaherison

Photo of Chewing gum — Chewing gum
Bianca Streich

Photo of Hanji paper — Hanji paper
LEESUN

Photo of Industrial waste — Industrial waste
Lucie Ponard

Photo of Gelatine, Glycerine — Gelatine, Glycerine
Carolina Puppe

Photo of Sawdust, Limestone waste — Sawdust, Limestone waste
Sakeb

Photo of Fishing rope, Rubber grain — Fishing rope, Rubber grain
Talin Hazbar

Photo of Agar agar, Gelatine, Glycerine — Agar agar, Gelatine, Glycerine
Valeria Pulici

Photo of E-Waste glass — E-Waste glass
Fornace Brioni, Snøhetta, Studio Plastique

Photo of Recycled paper — Recycled paper
Bits to Atoms

Photo of Recycled clay, Recycled plastic — Recycled clay, Recycled plastic
Claire Ellis Ceramics

Photo of Eggshell — Eggshell
Claire Ellis Ceramics

Photo of Fish scale — Fish scale
HADDOCK

Photo of Agar agar — Agar agar
Greta Desirèe Facchinato, Raquel Sánchez Gálvez

Photo of Eggshell, Coffee ground — Eggshell, Coffee ground
Johnson Tan

Photo of Dog fur — Dog fur
Alessandra Tuseo

Photo of Potato starch — Potato starch
Laura Messing

Photo of Gelatine powder — Gelatine powder
Sanskriti Gupta

Photo of Orange peel, Coffee chaff — Orange peel, Coffee chaff
Biohm

Photo of Charcoal — Charcoal
Greta Desirèe Facchinato

Photo of Organic waste — Organic waste
Agro Biomaterials

Photo of Salt — Salt
Atelier LUMA, Karlijn Sibbel

Photo of Paperpulp — Paperpulp
LF Estudio

Photo of Cardboard pulp — Cardboard pulp
Vincent Dassi

Photo of Oyster shell, Seaweed — Oyster shell, Seaweed
Markos Georgiou

Photo of Ash, Clamshell, Quartz sand — Ash, Clamshell, Quartz sand
Studio Peipei

Photo of Palm Oil — Palm Oil
KYOTO Design Lab, Nataša Perković

Photo of Fruit waste, Banana peel — Fruit waste, Banana peel
PEELSPHERE®

Photo of Cotton waste — Cotton waste
Austėja Platūkytė

Photo of Rabbit faeces, Starch — Rabbit faeces, Starch
Austėja Platūkytė

Photo of Tea waste — Tea waste
Fulden Gencel

Photo of Eggshell, Bean peel, Coffee pulp — Eggshell, Bean peel, Coffee pulp
Atelier Barb

Photo of Plantain, Coffee, Aluminium waste — Plantain, Coffee, Aluminium waste
Materia Madura

Photo of Plantain, Coffee waste — Plantain, Coffee waste
Materia Madura

Photo of Cassava starch, Cardboard waste — Cassava starch, Cardboard waste
Teodoro Rava

Photo of Recycled denim — Recycled denim
Tim van der Loo

Photo of Cardboard waste, Paper waste — Cardboard waste, Paper waste
HONEXT®

Photo of Lupine fibre — Lupine fibre
Efnasmiðjan

Photo of Banana peel — Banana peel
Sarah Harbarth

Photo of Coconut, Banana, Hemp, Sisal — Coconut, Banana, Hemp, Sisal
Malai Biomaterials Design

Photo of Honeybee resin — Honeybee resin
Marlène Huissoud

Photo of Pine needle — Pine needle
Gaurav MK Wali

Photo of Ochre, Gelatine, Glycerine — Ochre, Gelatine, Glycerine
Soowon Chae

Photo of Posidonia — Posidonia
Andrés Ramírez

Photo of Pine resin — Pine resin
Studio Sarmīte

Photo of Pine tree bark — Pine tree bark
Studio Sarmīte

Photo of Recycled polystyrene — Recycled polystyrene
Katie May Boyd

Photo of Pig waste — Pig waste
Clemence Grouin-Rigaux

Photo of Coconut husk — Coconut husk
Pola Salicka

Photo of Metal waste — Metal waste
Agne Kucerenkaite

Photo of Tree bark — Tree bark
Lucila Kenny

Photo of Blood, Fat, Bone — Blood, Fat, Bone
Shahar Livne

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