From the coast to the living room: 3D-printed furniture made from recycled ocean plastic
The first Greek laboratory to recycle marine plastic from fishing and shipping has opened in Piraeus. BlueCycle develops innovative, sustainable solutions for the reuse of plastic waste there.
I recently heard that there are actually no new materials, as all the atoms already exist on Earth and we are just rearranging them. This is exactly what BlueCycle, a company founded by Suzanna Laskaridis in Greece, is doing by transforming fishing materials from the sea into a fully circular design.
At the last Paris furniture fair Maison&Objet (M&O), BlueCycle presented the "Second Nature" collection. This includes curved furniture and objects made in the BlueCycle laboratory in Piraeus from recycled marine plastic waste from the Greek shipping and fishing industry. The wave-like designs reflect the connection to the sea and demonstrate how recycled materials can be used in a creative and environmentally friendly way.
Transforming fishing materials into a fully circular design
You often come across greenwashing when it comes to recycling marine litter. There is a lack of transparency, misleading terms are used and sustainable production often falls by the wayside. BlueCycle, on the other hand, has set out to shake up the circular economy.
From pellets to furniture: 3D objects made from marine waste
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