Plastic is so crucial - in health care, education, and tech for example - so we still need to make things with it. How can we do so with fewer fossil fuels? Covestro is making a new kind of recycled plastic with cooking oils and fats, and it has endless applications.
Orange peel is a common waste product in the global food industry. Designer Alkesh Palmer has made a lampshade made of sewn-together pieces of orange peel. Sweet!
Blast Studio is dedicated to circularity. They recycle coffee cups to make a strong wood-like material that can be cut, drilled, sanded and varnished. It's already being used to make wall panelling, lampshades and furniture. Love that.
Summer's winding down, which means it's time to get the garden and shed stuff back in order.
This week's trick: turn a FixIts stick into a sturdy door hook. It's a genuinely simple storage fix that looks great too with all our different colours. We came up with it during a recent clean up, when we needed hooks *immediately!*
All you need is a pack of FixIts, a hairdryer and some bits of wood. Watch how it's done below, you'll be hooked in no time!
Don't bin it, fix it. And have some fun too.
FixIts is perfect for keeping the fun going - whether that's patching up a toy truck, or shaping a new bail for the cricket set. Quick, easy, and satisfying. Now that's fun!
Hanging plants are beautiful. Hanging plants going rogue and taking over the living room? Less so.
These little plant pin hooks are incredibly easy to make with FixIts - and they'll bring some much-needed order to even the most unruly trailing stems. Plus, they won’t mark the wall unlike sticky pads or nails.
