polyfloss:collaborations
The W4W project is the result of a common effort, with NGOs Engineers Without Borders Norway and Field Ready, to provide a solution for winterization in refugee camps. The idea is to use our technology to transform plastic waste into insulation materials in refugees camps, also providing a livelihood program to refugees.
The project is currently conducted in Gazientep, at the Syrian border, to transform waste plastic into insulation pannels for the refugee camps in Syria, together with Acted NGO. Currently, there is no solution for cold winters in refugee camps, leading to huge problems of health and diseases.
The project is conducted with 2 NGOs, together with several partners and supported by the Innovation Norway Humanitarian Fund. It financed our R&D research first, and supports us now in the scaling and diffusion program.
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The project N'Dao Havanao is a new permanent plastic recycling facility in Antananarivo, Madagascar, based on the Polyfloss technology. Ten young malgaches have been selected and tought how to use the machine and produce objects out of the recycled wool. A waste plastic source has been selected and a series of collectors work for the project. The machine itself was built onsite to ensure the possibility of its maintenance.
Madagacsar is one of the poorest country in the world, and its isolation makes plastic waste a huge problem. In this context, Rubis Mécénat and Vitogaz invited us to create a permanent local recycling plant, aiming at both finding uses for waste, but also giving jobs to young unemployed Malgaches.
The project N'Dao Havanao was initiated by Rubis Mécénat, a French art and design foundation for social project around the world. For Madagascar, they partnered with a VitoGaz and a series of NGOs.
Photocredits : Rijasolo.
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Hooke park - aa school
Follwing an invitation from students of the AA, we tested the properties of our fibers, and validated its potential for heat insulation. We then found a local recycling partner to get 1 ton of waste plastic, that the students then turned into Polyfloss wool and placed in the wall cavities.
Hooke Park is a campus of the AA school of Architecture, in Dorset (south of England), where Master students have to design and build a house. The specific project the students wanted to make was to use only reclaimed or recycled material. The insulation was made with Polyfloss
All the pictures are from AA school of Architecture, London. We thank them for their invitation, trust and motivation.
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edinburgh science festival
The Edinburgh Science Festival invited us to design and build a series of machine based on The Polyfloss technology for educational purpose. The set was composed of a manual shredder, a Polyfloss machine and a molding press with aluminium molds and a cooling system. This allowed children to bring their waste and transform it into small rulers, they could take home afterward.
Following the invitation from the Edinburgh Science Festival, extensive development and building had to be made, in order to enhance the process, protect the users and make the different steps of the transformation understandable. Following the first 3 week festival, the Science Festival bought the machine and sold the workshop to different other Science Festivals in Abu Dhabi and Shangai.
We would like to thank the Edinburgh Science Festival team for their trust and interest.
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bloomberg
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The financial information group Bloomberg invited us to visit their waste recycling plant to find interesting waste. We decided to use 500 keyboards, take out the plastic parts and make an installation of big cubic pixels in their lobby.
Bloomberg is highly involved in the recycling of their products, namely the computers, keyboards and screens they provide to their clients. Each year, a program called Waste Not Want It, invites a series of designers and artists to use their waste to make artistic installations in their headquarters in London.
We would like to thank Bloomberg and the organizing firm ArtsCo, for their support.
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wired UK
The tech magazine WIRED UK invited us to present our technology in their magazine, but also to take part in their first Popup store in London, Regent Street, in 2013.
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