fruit leftovers to leather, plastic to gravel, these brands giving the earth a second chance

we might be fascinated with development and growing tech. yet these all about new features coming from the future might blind you from the idea of keeping the earth sustainable enough to conceive it all.

some people believe that designing today is more than just ideas and innovation because the natural element we have today is apparently no longer as prosperous as it was long ago.

can we give the earth a second chance? to breathe in a greener breeze, and to heal from overly dense cities?

from turning a discarded fruit into the leather fabric, zero cotton denim jeans, and from plastic to gravel, some manufacturing company has inspired us by giving a second chance for waste materials to be useful again through a circular economy approach.

fruitleather rotterdam

a rotterdam-based biotech company has revealed a new form of sustainable innovation by converting leftover fruits and vegetables into a durable leather-like material.