9 sustainable materials from industrial by-product that can be used for furniture.
Korean-made PVC fabric produced by recycling composite PVC waste.
A Korean closed-loop material case: industrial composite PVC waste is recycled into flakes, powder and pellet…
A Korean wood/cellulose-based material for injection molding.
A wood by-product-based feedstock that can be run in existing injection molds, linking the formal freedom of…
Recycled plastic solid surface
It can be fabricated into countertops and washbasins like an ordinary solid surface while showing the recycle…
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…
Recycled cellulose interior board
An interior board that can be cut, drilled, glued and laminated like a wood-based board, while showing as-is…
Surfaces made from ceramic and glass waste by Alusid, UK. The mass-produced Mas tile is 98.5% recycled; the SustainableTiles range a minimum of 91%. Mas Grey at 5.95 kg CO2/m² (cradle to gate), with 72% less water and 45% less energy than conventional production, and a stated 50-year lifetime. Conforms to CE and UK CA. Silicastone architectural surfaces alongside. Waste sourced from the Spanish tile industry.
Raises the ceramic axis' recycled-content bar dramatically (91–98.5% vs Fireclay's 31%). Feeding the tile ind…
A press-moulding waste composite from Mater, Copenhagen. Coffee bean shells (roasting by-product), sawdust, post-consumer e-waste and post-industrial fibres mixed with a binder — nine blends (five with plastic-waste binder, four with sugarcane-derived biodegradable plastic). Formed by standard furniture-industry press moulding; all Matek furniture can be returned to Mater and recycled into new furniture. Designed for disassembly and repair.
A furniture-axis case where waste composite is mass-produced as shells and seats. Clear coffee-and-e-waste na…
Recycled paper composite panel
It aims for durability close to stone while being workable like wood, making it well suited to linking workto…
An injection-molding biocomposite combining cellulose fiber with wood-waste-derived PP.
By raising the cellulose share in a form usable on existing injection equipment, it can reduce the amount of…