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2 1. EGGSHELLS Products
Learn about the latest products to bring about the best surface designs
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Te idea of walking on eggshells could soon have a much more positive vibe, as ethical design brand Nature Squared has perfected a low-energy method of turning food industry waste into beautiful floor and wall tiles. Its CArrelé wall and floor tiles are made from a composite of crushed eggshells, cured at room temperature to form an eco- friendly tile that actually absorbs carbon dioxide. CArrelé comes in a variety of square, rectangular and triangular shapes and in three colour families.
2. WOOL
Long used for textiles and insulation, wool now has a new role as a solid surface material thanks to Solidwool. Te company
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has developed the material as a sustainable alternative to structural reinforced plastics and composites. Te wool is taken from Herdwick sheep, the iconic hill-farm breed of the British Lake District, which have wiry, dark fleeces that are one of the lowest value wools in the UK.
3. COFFEE
Biohm has found a use for waste caused by coffee production with its collection of 100% natural lampshades. Tey are made from organic refuse biocompound, a new material that combines waste food and agricultural byproducts with a unique plant-based binder to create a material that can be formed into sheets or three- dimensional forms, and at the end of its life can be cold-composted.
4. SALT
Design company PriestmanGoode challenged students from the MA Textiles course at the Royal College of Art to create sustainable new materials that are better for our health. Te winning submission from Lily McDonnell used rust, seaweed and salt as a means of introducing oxygen-rich salt therapy into commercial spaces by interlacing salt into woven textiles. McDonnell has now won a paid internship, giving her an opportunity to create her material.
5. GRAPHENE
It’s been a buzz word for a long time, but graphene-based products are finally making headway outside of the laboratory. Te Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre at Te University of Manchester, in association with Nationwide Engineering, has started to do real-world projects with graphene- infused Concretene. It may look like ordinary concrete, but the mix contains graphene which strengthens the material without the need for steel reinforcement.
6. SAWDUST
Te raw material for the elegant hexagonal tiles covering the new Audi car dealership in Trudering, Germany, started as sawdust and chippings from local forestry operations. German start-up Made of Air puts the waste through a multi-stage process that ultimately creates a solid surface material that removes carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere. First, the biomass is heated to high temperatures in a low-oxygen environment, converting it to elemental carbon called biochar which locks in the CO2 that the trees sequestered from the atmosphere. Te second step processes the biochar and combines it with sustainable biopolymers to create pellets that can be used in construction.
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TRACY WONG
AUDI AG
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