Origins: Decorative materials made from recycled plastic
*Made from color full, post-consumer detergent bottles. It elevates recycling to a new art form. The randomness of it's colors are beautiful and unique. The penetration of colors all the way through the material offer design and fabrication advantaged.
*Completely safe, non-toxic, causes no harm to environment during manufacture or use, and helps minimize waste.
*Plastic bottles are collected sorted by color and shredded to small pieces. These flakes are blended into a mold. The molds are heated. Pressure is then applied, which causes random distribution of the colored flakes.
*This offers an aesthetic response to recycling! Given that most plastic items are only one color, this material has a future: combine as many plastic items as possible.
*By making recycled material look and feel desirable, this takes a step forward: changing use of recycled materials from a cause to a common place.
*100% post-consumer recycled polyethylene.
*Plastic panel used as an inferior building material. Origins ideal for restrooms and shower partitions, vanity and counter tops, work surface and table tops. Can also be used as a plastic laminate or a solid surfacing material.
*All packing used to transport Origins is reusable and recyclable.
*Also been used for lamps, chair and wall art.
Student Contribution: Aynslee Joyce
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