We love to champion companies that focus on making the planet greener and work with waste to create and innovate. So today we celebrate UK-based Smile Plastics who began recycling plastics back in the 90s, offering sustainable solutions to countless companies over the years. Since 2014 Smile Plastics has been led by award-winning design partners Adam Fairweather and Rosalie McMillan who have incorporated modern technologies … Continue reading Smile for Smile Plastics
Last month the Finnish capital hosted a Scandi wonderland of design, offering us the perfect excuse for a mini-break punctuated with a few tile showrooms. Between the 24th and 25th of August Design Helsinki (a sister show of Clerkenwell Design Week) opened up the doors of the city’s countless brand showrooms, an international design pavillion, and a few delicious places to eat. For us, searching … Continue reading A Few Treats at Design Helsinki
A curious contraption aims to reduce plastic waste by eliminating complexity. Two units (one 40ft container housing the processing line and one 20ft solar cell unit) make up a recycling line capable of upcyling up to 50kg of waste each hour. This system, known as Trashpresso, takes three simple steps to transform plastic bottles into tiles: size-reduction, purification, and reshaping. Firstly the machine shreds plastic … Continue reading Trashpresso
A few years ago we first covered Durat. Finding such a versatile, eco material that was as beautiful and customisable as the multicoloured, terrazzo flecked, recycled plastic Durat gave us a fresh burst of enthusiasm for the future of surface design. And now they’ve added even more to their range. Continue reading A few shades more
Adding to the awesome list of surface producers utilising discarded materials is Plasticiet. Founded by Marten van Middelkoop and Joost Dingemans, the aim of the company was to make use of the massive amounts of plastic waste, creating something useful and durable. By using old products like garden furniture and buckets, they save the controversial material from landfill, and reduce the amount of raw material … Continue reading Playful Plasticiet
A new Rwandan start-up is seeking to reduce plastic waste one tile at a time. Coldharbour Tiles was founded by Emily Packer and Jake Calhoun in an attempt to take the world in a new, stylish direction whilst also benefiting the planet and creating something beautiful out of waste. Continue reading Redesigning Recycling in Rwanda
