15 sustainable materials that can be used for exhibition. Narrow them down by feedstock and availability.
A circular material that pelletizes post-consumer plastic waste for large-format FGF printing.
Instead of cutting sheet stock, waste-plastic pellets can be 3D-printed at large scale to produce custom part…
Semi-rigid sound-absorbing panel containing at least 80% recycled PET.
A lightweight PET felt panel that is easy to rout and cut, making it well suited to designing sound absorptio…
A building block compression-molded from hard-to-recycle mixed plastics.
Hard-to-recycle plastics that were headed for landfill or incineration are compressed into blocks.
100% bio-based flat panels made from agricultural and urban waste fibers (leftovers of the agricultural, corrugate and label industries), with no urea formaldehyde or isocyanates added. Three lines — Ecor-1, Ecor-Ply, Ecor-HB — in 1.8 to 16 mm. USDA BioPreferred stated. For furniture, cabinetry, door skins and exhibitions. HQ La Jolla, USA; manufacturing in Kraljevo, Serbia.
Adds a waste-fiber flat panel with an MDF-replacement story to the exhibition and furniture axes. Going as th…
Decorative / sound-absorbing brick made by compressing textile waste with a bio-based binder.
A brick-type module that keeps the original color and texture of the textiles, so the origin of the textile w…
Acoustic panels in VANK_BIO, a flax-and-hemp fibre biocomposite from VANK, Poland. Sound absorption αw=0.90 (FLAT), sizes from 40×80×4 cm up to 240×160 cm, clip or magnetic mounting. An rPET non-woven version and recycled-fabric or wool upholstery run alongside. Green Product Award 2022 (Editor's Choice); German Sustainability Award 2022 finalist.
The acoustic axis is rPET-heavy (Autex, EchoPanel, Tornex); this hits the same performance (αw 0.90) with a p…
Timber terrazzo made from waste wood
Wood offcuts and wood flour are made to look like terrazzo, so it can be used as a surface for worktops, wall…
Moulded material grown from mycelium on local agricultural waste fibres — 5 days growing plus 2 days drying. Stated "100% compostable" and "suitable for 100% home and marine composting". Protective packaging (Industrial, Luxury, Insulating), GIY (Grow It Yourself) kits and interior products. A European source for the material family of Ecovative's MycoComposite (US).
A record for sourcing mycelium packaging in Europe. Same material family as Ecovative (US) but a different su…
Engineered board made from textile waste
It converts textile waste into a high-density board without hiding the fibers, making it suitable for uses su…
A cellulose composite made by molding kraft paper layers and a bio-based binder under high pressure.
A board of kraft paper and cellulose laminated with a bio-based binder.
A translucent, hand-made solid surface made from 100% recycled polycarbonate.
It turns waste polycarbonate into translucent sheets with a wax- or onyx-like depth, suited to backlighting a…
100% recycled polystyrene surface material for large-scale projects.
With large-format panels and more than 50 patterns, it is well suited to showing waste plastic directly as a…
A structural paper board with a patented core (Re-board Technology AB, Swedish company). 80% lighter than the wood equivalent (16 mm at 2.0 kg/m², 10 mm at 1.5) yet stiff enough that "many cars has launched standing on a Re-board sheet". "100% Recyclable — no mixed materials" with a stated third-party verified lifecycle (EPD). 20+ years in market; for exhibition stands, event structures, POS and retail.
Pairs with Xanita on the exhibition axis. Mono-material means it recycles as paper with no separation, and th…
Recycled PET decorative panel
A panel that shows the labels and colored fragments of waste plastic as a surface pattern, so the origin of t…
A kraft-paper structural board made in Cape Town, South Africa. Core of recycled and virgin fibres with kraft liners (printable white Print, natural Kraft). Up to 75% lighter than MDF, "100% repulpable" and "100% recyclable". FSC certified (FSC_C195005); the Print board is stated VOC-free. For retail displays, exhibitions, event structures and commercial interiors.
A baseline MDF substitute for exhibitions and displays. Being paper, it repulps after the event, and at a qua…