If these creative compostable creations are any indication, then the compost heap of the 21st century could very well be comprised of old computers and shoes. As the rush to turn everything green intensifies, designers have been looking at ways to turn everyday objects into biodegradable plant food.
Compost heaps are one of the best ways to ensure that your garden grows, but they can be a smelly mess and are often difficult to upkeep if you live in an apartment. Being able to create a compost heap out of candy wrappers and coffee cups would make compost heaps easier to create and could create a whole generation of urban green thumbs. These creative compostable creations would also greatly help the worlds landfills in that harmful electronics and plastics in landfills would be replaced by products that are actually good for the soil.
30 Creative Compostable Creations
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Socially-Conscious Skivvies
Yves Behar Designs Sustainable Underwear
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Eco-Origami Coffee Cups
Coffree Biodegradable Brew Eliminates a Cup of Waste a Day
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Dissolving Packaging
Harmless-Dissolve Transparent Bags Disappear in Warm Water
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Cosmetics with a Conscience
CARGO PlantLove Lipstick
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Cute Condiment Cartons
Temma Packaging has a Delightfully Delicious Disposition
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Biodegradable Picnic Carriers
The Boxal Picnic Box is a Cardboard Picnic Wonder
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Compostable Corporeal Remains
Bios Urn by Martin Azua Creates a Tree, Not a Tombstone
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Plates Made of Coffee Grounds
SPROUT Zero-Waste Restaurant
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Chic Compostable Dinnerware
Verterra Leaf Dishes
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Greener Fast Food Packaging
Quiznos Bellies Up to Eco-Friendly Takeout Containers
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Compostable Baby Products
gDiapers Flushable Disposable Diapers
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Compostable Coffee Cups
The 'PLAnet' Cup is Made With Forest-Friendly Paper and Biofilm
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Compostable Toilets
Biodegradable Peepoo Bags Safely Compost Human Waste
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Bio-Conscious Drink Containers
Ecologic Sustainable Packaging Can be Recycled
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Compostable Soda Cups
Coca-Cola's Eco-Friendly Fountain Cups Debut at UW
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Composting Candy Wrappers
Sweet Packaging Innovations That are Good for Mother Earth
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Compostable PCs
ReCompute Features Corrugated Cardboard Case
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Bodacious Biodegradable Kicks
OAT Shoes Limited Skin Collection Uses Compost-able Leather
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Upcycled Plum Containers
InPlum Reclaims 'Fruit Waste' to Fabricate a New Building Material
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Compostable Incandescent Branding
Westinghouse Lightbulb Packaging Returns to the Soil
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Sweet Biodegradable Plastics
Sugar-Based Polymer for Compostable Plastic Found
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Eco-Friendly Scent Containers
Formboten's 'Natural Self Flacon' Bottle is Perfect for Going Green
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Bubble Wrap Replacements
Specialty Paper Padding Displaces Petroleum-Based Wraps
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Compostable Corn Bags
BioBags
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Plant-Based Coffee Cups
Repurpose Compostables Brings World's Greenest Mugs to Bed Bath & Beyond
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Stylish Compostable Dishware
Lugum from Creativeans Brings Class to Disposable Dishes
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Handcrafted Sustainable Tea
Namasthe Tea Co. Creates an Ethical Balance
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Planet-Friendly Fuel Cells
EarthCell Batteries Promise Efficiency, Economy and Eco-Friendliness
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Compostable Snack Bags
SunChips Will Roll Out Compostable Bags by Earth Day 2010
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Compostable Chip Bags
SunChips Introduces Greener Packaging
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Home-Compostable Coffee Cups
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Algae-Made Slippers
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Dust-Based Soft Slippers
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Edible Wrapper Snack Bars
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Kind Gardening Pop-Ups
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Transformative Clover Stools
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Coffee Ground Phone Covers
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Compact Electric Composters
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Eco-Friendly Restaurant Cups
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Eco-Friendly Root Vegetable Packaging
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AI-Powered Recycling Systems
The Conceptual 'Binko' Recycling Machine Automates Sorting
3D-Printable Packaging Pastes
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Glowing Organic-Waste Sustainable Lamps
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Meditative Trash Campaigns
Hefty's Trash Time Out Provides Support During the Holiday Season
Textile-Topped Table Design
The Tumble Tables Elevate Sustainability Through Sculptural Form
Recyclable Apple Packaging Initiatives
Superfresh Growers Introduces a New Sustainable Packaging
Rice Straw Fashion Collections
Siam Kubota and Greyhound Original Launch 'Turn Waste to Agri-Wear'
Fully Recyclable Paper Wrappers
KIND Snacks Launched Curbside Recyclable Snack Bar Packaging
In-Office Food Recycling Systems
Mill for Workplace Helps Companies Manage Food Waste at Scale
Cigarette Waste Hats
Olivia Gino Turned an Abundant Source of Litter into a Shearling-Style Hat
Inflatable Portable Toilets
Kunrui Peng Designs the AirPot, a Lightweight Toilet Design
Everyday Sustainable Bags
Out of the Woods Offers Versatile Bags for Essentials
Eco-Friendly 3D Printer Concepts
The Loop Concept is a Sustainable 3D Printing Device
Wine Upcycling Projects
Rewine by Buvons Nature Turns Its Leftovers into Food
Electric Food Recyclers
The FoodCycler Eco 3 Turns Food Scraps into an Odor-Free By-Product
Organic Ancient Design Furniture
The Earth To People Furniture Collection is Naturally Crafted
Compostable Fiber Tablewares
The Better Earth Farmer’s Fiber Retail Collection is BPI-Certified
Compostable Sole Sneakers
Stella McCartney and Balena Updated the S-Wave Sport Sneaker Style
Corn-Made 3D-Printed Buildings
MANUFACTURA CORNCRETL Focuses on Bio-Based Building
Sustainable Food Waste Cosmetics
Clean Food Group's New CleaOoil Products are Eco-Friendly
Sun-Powered Plastic Recycling
Photocatalysts transform discarded plastic into clean fuel sources
Mycelium-Made Biodegradable Urns
Mush and Furf Design Studio Creates the sail Funerary Urn
Collaborative Recycling Initiatives
National Mall Introduces a Comprehensive Recycling Program
Bio-Based 3d Building Materials
CORNCRETL by MANUFACTURA Turns Corn Waste into Construction
Textile Recycling Devices
The ByBye Converts Discarded Clothing into Rigid Flower Pots
Home-Compostable Cutlery
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Fully Compostable Food Packaging
ETG ECO GREEN Unveils a New Line of 100% Compostable Products
Coffee Kindess Initiatives
Cambio Roasters Launches Random Act of Kindness Week Campaign
Green China-Based Coffee Chains
Tim Hortons Debuts its First Sustainable Store Concept in Shenzhen
Recycled Coffee Ground Leads
Zirobio Designed the GRIND Z Sustainable Pencil Leads
Back-to-School Recycling Challenges
Takis and TerraCycle Teamed Up to Reward Recyclers
Shrimp Waste Carbon Materials
Researchers at the University of Sharjah Craft CO₂-Trapping Material
Sustainable Coffee Product Lines
Muskoka Roastery Coffee Co. Has Introduced Three New Products
Food-Based Toy Block Alternatives
LEGO Replaces its Plastic Bricks with a Eco-Friendly Options
Eco-Friendly Pencils
Sprout World Launches Eco-Friendly Plantable Pencils
Orange Peel Waste-Made Lamps
Alkesh Parmar Designs the Sustainable Apeel Pendant Lamp
Recycled Packaging Planter Pots
Tetra Pak and Keter Partnered for the Cube Planters
Living Footwear Concepts
Jessica Thies' Synthiesis Project Absorbs CO2 With Algea
3d-Printed Rubble Furniture
Inorganic Growth by Bentu Design Transforms Demolished Urban Villages
Discarded Shoe-Created Stools
The WU Series by BENTU Design is a Sustainable Alternative
Compostable Instant Coffee Pods
NatureWorks Debuts the PLA Coffee Pods for IMA Coffee Lab Shoppers
Entryway Deodorizing Stools
Comodo Entryway Stool Brings Drying and Deodorizing to Your Shoes
Eco-Friendly Pouf Chair Concepts
Design Studio701 Creates the Rio Pouffe Concept
Eco-Friendly Biodegradable Straws
WinCup's phade® Straws are Reaching Milestones
Sustainable Compostable Coffee Cups
Starbucks Introduces Its New Better Cup for All Design
Waste-Transformed Biomaterials
Laura Bordini's By Osmosis Project Explores Product Waste
Water-Soluble E-Waste Solutions
Pentaform Presents the Potential E-Waste Solution with Aquafade
Compostable Single-Use Beer Cups
The BioPak Beer BioCup is Targeted Towards Stadiums and More
Biodegradable Cheese Packagings
Nestlé Joins Oglivy Colombia on the Self-Packing Cheese
Coffee Pod Recycling Programs
Podback & FCC Environmental Debuts Coffee Pod Recycling Stations
Sustainably Minded Straw Slippers
BC Softwear's New Slipper Design Uses Eco-Friendly Materials
E-Waste Take-Back Boxes
Trashie's Tech Take Back Box Responsibly Recycles Electronic Devices
Paper-Made Dissolvable E-Waste
Franziska Kerber Designs a New Source of Sustainable Electronic
Textile-to-Textile Recycled Sneakers
Allbirds Remix is the First Polycotton Recycled Sneaker
Flower Waste Vases
Petal Vase by Rebloom Studio Transforms Discarded Blooms into Sculptural Form
Compostable Film Packaging
The Vikings & Goddesses Pie Company Adopted Futamura's NatureFlex Film
Eco-Friendly Bread Packaging
Modern Milkman Debuted Compostable Bread Bags
Large Capacity Composting Facilities
Montreal Opens It's Own Organic Waste Processing Facility
Urban Debris-Crafted Portable Lamps
We+ Designs the Beautiful Remli Lamp Using Rubble and Debris
Cocoa Bean-Based Display Units
Mars Wrigley is Trialing a Second 'Cocoa Cardboard' Bean Display
Recycled Rope-Made Footwear
SHORE Presents a New Footwear Capsule with a Sustainable Build
Prairie Fibre Bioplastics
Saskatchewan Polytechnic & EnviroWay Turned Flax into Plastic
Mycelium-Based Artful Tables
Fefostudio and Kamilla Csegzi Create the Ephemeral Table
Upcycled Fruit Chews
Climate Candy Turns Unharvested Imperfect Produce into Sweet Treats
Bio-Based Single-Use Cups
The VeriGreen Plus Was Created by eGreen and Polymateria
Urbanite Worm Compost Systems
The 'Revermi' Vermicomposter by Sam Kauranen is Easy to Use
Sustainable Upcycled Glass Cups
HMM Design Creates a Unique Eco-Friendly Glass Cup
Intuitive Countertop Composters
The Vego Kitchen Composter Enhances Home Gardening
Biotransformable Cup Designs
The Verigreen Plus Biotransformable Cup for Single Use Packaging
Recycled Seating Installations
This Show of Atlanta Airport Chairs Made from Campus Waste
Sleek E-Waste-Reducing Computers
Wipro Infotech Unveils a New Line of Eco-Friendly Computers
Low-Carbon Biomaterial Bricks
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Upcycled Plastic Furniture Series
Kasper Kyster Presents the Crafting Plastic Series
Fungi-Powered Diapers
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Recycled Desk Trays
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Compostable Berry Packaging Materials
The Elliott ECHO Pads are 100% Plastic-Free
Zero-Waste Seedling Pots
The 'Bough Pot' by Jacob Boyd Can Be Planted Directly into Soil
Household Recycling Pickup Services
The Modern Milkman Collections Service is for Toys and E-Waste
Plastic-Free Takeaway Boxes
Just Eat Takeaway.com Launches the Huhtamaki Xampla Boxes
Miniature Household Cleaners
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Business-Friendly Efficient Composting Technologies
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Shea Butter-Infused Lip Treatments
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Disposable Jute Hotel Slippers
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Home-Compostable Beauty Pipettes
Shellworks' Compostable Pipette Consists of Plastic-Free Material
Student-Designed Reusable Bags
These Metcalfe’s Market Reusable Shopping Bags Celebrate the Earth
Sustainable Disposing Initiatives
The Perfume Shop Has Updated Its Recycling System
Tree-Free Sustainable Packaging
Craste Uses Crop Residue to Create Eco-Friendly Packaging
Japanese-Inspired Recycled Pavilions
Second Edition's Love Shack is Made of Recycled Materials
Sustainable Decomposing Containers
Rootmaker's BioPot is an Eco-Friendly Vessel for Plant Growth
Adorable Public Rubbish Bins
SWNA Created a Set of Rubbish Bins for Design Seoul 2.0
Grown Drinkware Forms
Coffee Gourd Cups Shape Drink Vessels Through Guided Plant Growth
Compostable Cutlery Dispensers
The Touch-Free Pressed Fiber Cutlery Dispenser is Hygienic
Coffee Pod Recycling Centres
Bristol Waste and Podback Now Accept Coffee Pods for Recycling
Cohesive Waste Management Systems
Caraway Home Debuts the Trash & Recycling Collection
Biobased Dog Poop Bags
The Finn 92%c are Sustainable and Durable
Organic Plastic Furniture Series
Kasper Kyster Creates the Crafting Plastic Collection
Sustainable Growth Systems
TreeSoil 3d-Printed Bricks Support Young Trees in Changing Climates
Crop-Residue Mailer Materials
Amazon And IIT Roorkee Launched a Compostable Mailer
Waste-Derived Fashion Materials
Detox Bio-Embellishments Sequins Turn Dye Sludge into Design
Eco-Conscious Menstrual Solutions
Natracare Debuts the 'First Period Starter Kit'
Food Waste Management Awards
Denton, Texas, Wins an Award for Its Food Waste Composting Program
Reusable Cardboard Buckets
Royal Flora Holland Launches a Reusable Bucket for Logistics
Sustainable Side Furniture
The Re Up Side Tables Crafted with Recycled Plastic and Wood
Biodegradable Paper Ashtrays
Ekoroll Introduced the Paper Ashtray for Biodegradable Smoking
Kombucha By-Product-Formed Leathers
Nishtha Luhadia and Aditi Shinde Uses SCOBY for an Art Exhibit
Recyclable Cover Papers
Saputo Dairy UK is Transitioning its Spreadable Covers to Paper-Based
Compostable Takeout Containers
Good Start Packaging Launches a New Range of Takeout Containers
Bio-Based Packaging Concepts
UPM Specialty Materials and Paramelt Debut Paper-Based Packagings
Modern Durable Trash Receptacles
Coated Outdoor Furniture Taunts Its 32-Gallon Trash Receptacle
Tree Sap-Binding Timber Furniture
Earth to People Introduces Salvage and Sap Collection
Eco Cork Organizers
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Sustainable Biophilic Stools
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Cambodian Smart Waste Services
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3D-Printed Recycled Construction Materials
Vitriform3D Turned Waste Glass into Building Materials
Biodegradable Burial Caskets
The Living Cocoon by Loop Biotech Offers a Fungus-Based Coffin
Mud Clad Restaurants
Petti Restaurant by Wallmakers Uses Earth and Marine Waste Construction
Styrofoam Furniture Capsules
TRASHY Turns Recycled Styrofoam into Elegant Concrete Tables
Smart Waste Sorters
AI Snap&Sort Guides Users To Recyclable, Compost, Or Landfill Bins
Nature-Inspired Design Objects
Students at Tecnológico de Monterrey Design the Plant-Based Series
Biodegradable Pet Urns
Paw Pods Sells Ethical Pet Memorial Products Rooted in Sustainability
Cost-Efficient Sustainable Bags
Paragon Debuts a New Range of Garbage Bags Made with Plastic Waste
Fermented Vegetable Meat Alternatives
GRUBBY and Symplicity Collaborated on Limited-Edition Dishes