Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Before composting nutrient-rich food waste, see Circular Union’s tips for creating natural dyes with it for the IKEA Virtual Greenhouse. Mariah, the designer behind the multi-disciplinary, sustainability-focused collective, demonstrates capturing soft-to-dark-blush-pink dyes from avocado pits and skins, and how to create dye from onion peels to create vibrant-to-dusty-yellows. The film shows there are more ways to reuse your food waste and is also a lesson in refreshing stained or aged textiles.
Before composting nutrient-rich food waste, see Circular Union’s tips for creating natural dyes with it for the IKEA Virtual Greenhouse. Mariah, the designer behind the multi-disciplinary, sustainability-focused collective, demonstrates capturing soft-to-dark-blush-pink dyes from avocado pits and skins, and how to create dye from onion peels to create vibrant-to-dusty-yellows. The film shows there are more ways to reuse your food waste and is also a lesson in refreshing stained or aged textiles.
