RECYCLE: Revamping Plastic Recycling with Innovative Methods

- Creation Center Yokohama x Seki Design Lab.

- For their project, Seki Design Lab. upcycled various waste materials from production and processing facilities. Those test specimens are used to test the mechanical properties of a material.

- The sturdy plastic samples were perfectly fit for converting them into pieces of cutlery. The design of the cutlery was derived from the original shape of the samples.

- For the finish, Seki Design Lab. cooperated with Tsuchinao Shikki. The varnish is not only of aesthetic value investing the cutlery with a timeless and elegant look. It also gives the pieces a pleasantly smooth texture.

- For the project of Creation Center Yokohama, Seki Design Lab. came up with a multi-purpose 12-piece set which is useful in any situation and for any task. In addition to fork, knife, spoon, and chop sticks, it includes useful items such as a smart phone fixture or a bottle opener.

- Creation Center Mumbai featuring AKFD Studio

- Ayush Kasliwal used PU foams that were produced for testing in BASF labs combining them with a simple metal framework.

- Ayush called his project “The Joyride” alluding to the traditional rocking horses found in many Indian households. A piece of leather served as a saddle. It was adorned by a “Jooti” ornament manufactured by local handicraft businesses using traditional embroidery known as Aari.

- The project for Creation Center Mumbai was tested at various stages achieving a perfect balance of both stability and mobility.

 

- Creation Center Shanghai x Chen Min Office

- Freeflex^™ TPU fibers are widely used in various industries, with excellent recyclability. The post-industrial recycled TPU fibers of this project come from the footwear manufacturing industry.

- With inspiration from traditional Chinese bodiless lacquerware technique, the fibers were salvaged and handcrafted into a bodiless artwork molded from the most common porcelain vases in China. Three shapes are united into an exquisite multi-layered sculpture that playfully puzzles the eye.

- Besides the main body, the designer created a plinth shaped to present the concept of ‘reflection’. The varying hollow structure made of 2947 sticks partially mimics the reflection of the artwork’s main body. The plinth is produced with modern 3D printing technique and material, subtly contrasting with, and linked to the main body.

- For the project of Creation Center Shanghai, the final artwork is named “USELESSFUL", a new and interesting interpretation of the Taoist concept “The Usefulness of Uselessness”

Non-solvent, free chlorinated paraffin, free heavy metal catalyst, or MOCA.

e-TPU offers higher rebounding performance, improved shock absorption to protect children and athletes.

Process / technology:

- Supercritical injection foaming, made by King Steel Nexcell machine

 

Material:

- Elastollan^® Thermoplastics Polyurethane (TPU)

- Physical foaming of TPU is a clean, environmentally friendly and recyclable solution

- Low density and high mechanical performance through homogeneous cell structure

- Stable high-quality skin appearance

Process / technology

- Supercritical injection foaming, made by King Steel Nexcell machine

- Insert molding

 

Material:

- Elastollan^® Thermoplastics Polyurethane (TPU), including red insert part

- Physical foaming of TPU is a clean, environmentally friendly and recyclable solution

- Low density and high mechanical performance through homogeneous cell structure

- Stable high-quality skin appearance

Process / technology:

- Supercritical injection foaming, made by King Steel Nexcell machine

 

Material:

- Elastollan^® Thermoplastics Polyurethane (TPU)

- Physical foaming of TPU is a clean, environmentally friendly and recyclable solution

- Low density and high mechanical performance through homogeneous cell structure

- Stable high-quality skin appearance

Process / technology:

- Supercritical injection foaming, made by King Steel Nexcell machine

 

Material:

- Elastollan^® Thermoplastics Polyurethane (TPU)

- Physical foaming of TPU is a clean, environmentally friendly and recyclable solution

- Low density and high mechanical performance through homogeneous cell structure

- Stable high-quality skin appearance

- Mobile phone covers application

- 50 - 100% Post-industrial recycled content, excellent transparency

- Anti-bacterial performance, easy coloring, easy processing, excellent mechanical properties, strong bonding with Polycarbonate, Polycarbonate / Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene

- About 50% CO2 reduction compared to virgin fossil alternative

1. 100% mechanically recycled polymer

2. Proven alternative to fossil-based virgin resin

3. Quality and performance commitment to Automotive functional components

With up to 50% recycled content, Infinergy RC possess the same physical properties as original material. Infinergy is Global Recycled Standard (GRS) certified, allowing customers to be one step closer to circularity.

It’s better to keep using fishing nets before they end up as trash in landfills or even worse as ghost nets in the ocean. But often, the leftover nets are too low-grade for reuse. Additives like IrgaCycle^® help to mechanically recycle them and turn them into something useful. One square meter of tiles are made from 4.5 kilos of nets! By mechanically recycling with IrgaCycle^®, we can reduce waste, save energy and reduce emissions.

- Made of certified soil-biodegradable ecovio^®M 2351

- Increase yield, speed up harvesting, save water and herbicides

- Certified soil-biodegradable according to EN 17033: biologically degraded by microorganisms that exist naturally in the soil

- Farmers can plough the mulch films back into the ground after harvest.

 

- Made of certified compostable biopolymer ecovio^®

- Reduce white pollution threat resulting from increasing parcel deliveries

- Excellent mechanical and packaging performance

- Certified compostable ecovio^® PS 1606 for inside coating of paper cups, bowls and plates

- The good adhesion of ecovio^® PS to many types of paper and paperboard makes it ideal for the production of paper- and paperboard-based packaging and disposable tableware, e.g., cups, paper plates, or wrapping paper.

- Excellent migration barrier properties

- Dual use: first to be be used many times as a shopping bag, then for collection of organic waste

- Kitchen and food waste can be collected hygienically and then composted together

- Thanks to its good wet strength, liquid from teabags or food waste does not leak through

- Made of certified compostable biopolymer ecovio^®

-Meat, seafood as well as fruit and vegetables can be wrapped manually or with automatic packaging equipment

-Optimal breathability for an extended shelf life of fresh food

- High transparency and excellent mechanical properties for automatic packaging

- Inside coating made of certified compostable biopolymer ecovio^®

- Confoil and BASF cooperate to develop certified compostable dual ovenable paper trays for packaging of ready-to-eat meals

- For ready-to-eat meals available as well as for catering and take-away from restaurants.

- Extended end-of-life options for paper packaging by being organically recyclable

- With capsules made of certified compostable ecovio^® the coffee grounds can be composted together with its packaging

- Quick cycle times in processing on standard processing machines

- Good thermal resistance, very good impact behavior

- Good breathability of film made of certified compostable ecovio^®

- Bags can be reused as organic waste bags and thus improve collection of organic food waste

- Contribution to a circular economy

- For hot or cold beverages

- Straight or bendy formats

- Whatever your requirements, ecovio^® can help support your needs for drinking straws and stirrers