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DESIGN:<\/strong> Elea Nouraud, James Dart, LOLA BUADES (OnMateria)<\/p>\n

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We are all aware of plastic pollution. Every second, 200kg of plastic ends up in our oceans. The lifespan of the object is not in relation with how long we use it. For instance the average use of a toothbrush is 1 to 2 month and in nature it takes more than 300 years to degrade. Even once degraded it will never be fully digested by the environment. There will always be residues of its existence: micro and macro plastic particles and chemicals released when breaking down. The problem around plastic pollution has been an ongoing interest of mine. For this project, I wanted to bring a solution that would make a difference into a real scenario.<\/p>\n

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Every year Accor Hotel throws away approximately 30 million amenity kits. In response to this problem, I created the Green Box – a compostable amenity kit for the hotel’s bathroom. The ingredients are recycled polylactic acid (PLA) and recycled wheat fibers. The colour green comes from natural pigments from plants. The material can be moulded like an ordinary plastic. The constraints is that it has to be less than three millimetre thick in order to be compostable. Once used the wastes will be transported to an industrial compost where the composting will take place in a close environment called anaerobic composting where a gas, methane, will be created. The process is called methanisation. It creates a green gas, used to produce energy or heat and the organic matter left is used by agriculture as a fertilizer.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n

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\n Elea Nouraud
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\n OnMateria is a design collective built around sustainability, founded in 2018 by El\u00e9a Nouraud, James Dart and Lola Buades in Sweden. Their ethos is to catalyze positive change through design and awareness. The name OnMateria shows their willingness to understand from the small detail to the big picture. Their work goes from raw materials, to user experiences also understanding the product and its life cycle. Any point of the value chain can become the key part of a new design. \r\n\n <\/p>\n\n DESIGNER’S PORTFOLIO <\/span><\/a>\n <\/div>\n\n

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