WASTE AS A RESOURCE…
Bio material explorations using food waste and by-products including egg shells, egg boxes. mussel shells, food skins and peeling and mushroom grain spawn.
‘Today’s Waste, Tomorrow’s Raw Material’
According to the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), the UK wastes approximately 9.5 million tonnes of food each year. Estimates suggest households are responsible for 70% of all food waste with the hospitality sector adding an additional 3 millions tonnes of food waste per annum. Each tonne of food waste that ends up in landfill is then responsible for producing approximately 4.2 tonnes of greenhouse gases. As a result, the UK’s first food waste reduction roadmap aims to reduce food waste by 50% by 2030.
Egg shell tile using a homemade biopolymer as a binding agent
Egg shell tile using alginate as a natural binding agent
Egg shell tile using bio resin as a binding agent
A paper pulp tile made from recycled egg boxes and a bio-polymer binding agent
A circular table top made from blue recycled egg boxes and a bio-polymer binding agent
Paper pulp bowl made from recycled grey egg boxes using flour as a natural binder
Mussel shell tile using alginate as a natural binding agent
Mussel shell tile using bio rein as a natural binding agent
Mussel shell tile using a bio-polymer as a natural binding agent
Mycelium from oyster mushroom grain spawn and sawdust substrate
Natural Fabric dye samples using food waste / by-products
Natural fabric dye sample using steel rust
