Case: Small Revolution Furniture

Plastic RecyclingBeautiful PlasticsFuture Materials

May 30

Written By Christine Hanson

Annie Table
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Beautiful Plastics / Plastic Recycling

www.smallrevolution.dk

SMALLrevolution collects, transforms, produces and collects again.

SMALLrevolution identfies plastic waste and explore opportunities of recycling. The plastic waste is sorted, cleaned and further processed for production of different product depending on the collaboration.

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VELUX

Created in collaboration with Velux, this desk is made from plastic waste from the Velux test center in Skjern, Denmark.

STRANDET.LAB

The collection is made from sea waste collected at the West Coast of Denmark by ⁠STRANDET.Lab.
SMALLrevolution created two different colours 'White Pearl' and 'Vibrant Red'⁠.

NØIE

SMALLrevolution transformed Nøie’s plastic waste into a raw material ready for production. The company has washed, sorted, shredded and recycled many kilos of plastic waste. SMALLrevolution ensures a new life for plastic waste to stools and side tables.

RUDOLPH CARE

SMALLrevolution gave new life to old sunscreen lotion tubes from Rudolph Care by creating displays for their products. These displays played a part in the communcation og the companies sustainability efforts.

AGF

Together with AGF , they have given new life to the stadium's plastic waste.

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Case: Designertaske fremstillet af overskudsplast

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Carmo supplies 10 tons of surplus plastic material each year to the Swedish bag manufacturer Hinza that transforms the material into designer bags. When Hinza uses the 10 tons of plastic each year, the recycling corresponds to a saving of approximately 22,000 kilos of emitted CO2 compared to if the material had been burned as waste material.

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Case: Wehlers R.U.M. stol

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Stolen ”R.U.M” – som står for ReUsed Materials - fås i tre varianter, hvor råmaterialet til stolen enten er plast fra elektronikaffald, fiskenet fundet i havet eller et mix af fiskenet og Carlsbergs ølfustager.

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Case: Hospital wall covering

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Disposable medical devices from a growing network of Belgian hospitals are turned into aesthetic and long-lasting wall covering for healthcare facilities.

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Case: A first aid medical device that alleviates pain and itching frombug bites and stings

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Bug Bite Thing® is made from PE and the product is re-usable. The company provides life-long guarantee which is part of their sustainability vision.

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Case: Sikker container til opbevaring af Biopsier

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The big challenge in hospitals and clinics all over the world is how to fixate the biopsy in formalin without exposure to spillage or vapour. Formaldehyde is a known human carcinogen which affects health in many nega-tive ways. Either when a person is exposed directly or through inhalation. Long term exposure to formaldehyde has been proven to be associated with an in-creased risk of cancer of the nose, nasopharyngeal and lung cancer.

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Case: Drone fra SDU Eagles

Mobility

Droneholdet har udviklet den første ”blended-box wing” drone. med et specielt vingedesign, som er udviklet for at gøre fly mere energieffektive. Konstruktionen af vingerne gør, at flyet bruger mindre energi på at holde sig flyvende.

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Case: Cross section cut from wind turbine blade

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Offshore wind energy is an important source of renewable energy. Decommissioned Vindeby blades were adopted by Technical University of Denmark, DTU Wind, and are currently used in ongoing project activity investigating the fibre-reinforced composite structures.

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Case: Novopen Takeback - retursystem

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Giv nyt liv til dine injektionspenne fra Novo Nordisk, Lilly, Sanofi og Merck. Tag dine brugte penne med på apoteket eller din fertilitetsklinik. Materialerne får herefter nyt liv frem for at ende som affald.

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Case: Toys in biobased or recycled plastic

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The bio garage set is developed and produced to ensure the future growth of sustainable plastic products with focus on sustainable materials, production, play and learn, recycled to become a new item again. The raw material is renewable and made from residuals of the sugarcane production.

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Case: LifeStraw Waterfilter

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All LifeStraw products start with advanced hollow fiber membrane technology. Picture bundles of straws with microscopic holes in them, so small that organisms like bacteria, parasites, and even dirt and microplastics cannot pass through. Think of a super advanced spaghetti strainer or tea sieve.

Health by Design, Healthy Water

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