Mater
C
a
t
a
l
o
g
u
e
2
0
2
4
10
Working with waste
We are on a constant journey to find new solutions that will
make furniture production more sustainable. We have moved on
from being a sustainability-focused design brand to becoming a
green-tech company with a focus on furniture design – always
on the lookout for ways of doing things differently.
We started our journey incorporating traditional waste materials such as recycled
fishing nets and recycled plastic into our furniture production, moving on to
finding methods and technology that allowed us to develop our innovative
circular MatekTM material - never before seen in furniture production.
Since MatekTM’s first introduction, we have experimented with and
fine-tuned
the technology, allowing us to increase the number of waste streams we can
process to furniture using the MatekTM technology. Our eagerness to develop
and do better has led us to our newest revelation, the bio-degradable version of
MatekTM. A variation made with only natural materials, thus allowing the material
consequently to decompose back to nature.
We want to continue to push the boundaries and strive toward a future where
nothing is considered waste but by preference, a resource to incorporate into new
production cycles.
(www.circularity-gap.world/2023)
11
Today, the global
economy consumes
100 billion tonnes of
materials each year.
Of this, only 7.2%
is recycled.
Working with waste