Furniture Made from Excess HDPE Purged from a Recycling Machine - Core77.com
Furniture Made from Excess HDPE Purged from a Recycling Machine - Core77
"I wanted to engage within the rigid and energy consuming industrial process that is recycling," writes furniture designer Emile Meunier, of his MLT project. "MLT is the fruit of a collaboration with a recycling plant based in Bromont, Quebec."
"After being melted, plastics are passed through an industrial extruder. (In order to prevent contamination or blockages, machines need to be purged regularly.)" "Consequently, uncontrolled and un-recyclable plastic is discharged on the floors daily. These pools of wasted material instigated my research and inspired me to create this project." "MLT is a collection of four prototypes made out of purged HDPE. I designed a simple aluminum frame-work which is placed under the extruder that needs to be purged. The vessel, acting as a collector, guides and holds the liquid matter without restricting it to a predetermined shape. The outcome is a materialization of the symbiotic relationship between the imposed and organic form."
Unfortunately, the project page doesn't feature any wide shots of the finished pieces. This is a pet peeve of mine--I'm not sure why designers do this.
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