A Dutch company uses plastic waste to make office furniture

[China Packaging Network] Plastic waste is a huge problem on land, in the ocean and in waterways. A company called " Plastic Whale " based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, has set up a plastic recycling facility in the city's canal to collect more plastics. Now, plastic whales have found a way out for these recycled plastics, namely manufacturing office furniture.

The plastic whales claim to be the world's first plastic fishing company. Since the company started cleaning operations in 2011 , more than 11,000 people have voluntarily helped it to remove plastic from the canals in Amsterdam. More than 100,000 plastic bottles and more than 2,000 bags of plastic waste has been removed, 10 boats made of plastic trash now regularly volunteers to the capture plastic waste on the canal in order to recover more plastic.

Plastic Whale Plastic Whale has collaborated with furniture maker Vepa and design studios to produce high-end office furniture that currently includes conference tables, chairs, lighting fixtures and sound insulation panels. 4 meters long, 1.4 meters wide, 0.75 m high (13 x 4.6 x 2.4 feet) to the top table surface inspired by the whale, and is provided with ridges along its center, by recycling PET plastic, FSC-certified birch and metal plating layers production. The legs are made of FSC- certified oak with a metal strip in the middle.

The office chair is said to be shaped like a whale's tail. The bucket seat has a cast iron base made of waste from the Vepa plant, with a pressed and recycled PET blanket and a cushioned shell with an oak veneer top layer, the cushions of which are made of waste. Wrapped in a lid made of recycled plastic bottles, FSC- certified beech or oak legs raise it to a sitting height. The barnacle notice bulb was set on the skin of the whale, the bulb was made of PET felt, and an energy-efficient LED filament bulb was used. PET felts are also used to make acoustic panels, with or without LED backlighting.

All office furniture is designed in such a way that at the end of its useful life, it can be broken down for reuse or recycling to create something new. Some of the funds raised by the Plastic Whale Furniture Project will be used to fund plastics cleanup operations around the world, hoping to help reverse the global plastic waste situation.