{"id":729919,"date":"2020-07-28T11:56:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T09:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/material-lab\/material\/smile-plastics\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T09:40:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T07:40:03","slug":"smile-plastics","status":"publish","type":"material","link":"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/en\/insights\/materials\/smile-plastics\/","title":{"rendered":"Smile Plastics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-m-beldesign-aus-kunststoff-schrott\">Furniture design from plastic scrap<\/h1>\n    <section class=\"info-slider alignfull\"\n             style=\"--items-per-row:2;\"  data-component=\"slider\" data-gap=\"0\" data-loop=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n            <div class=\"slider__container swiper\">\n                <div class=\"slider__slides swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t                        <div class=\"slider__slide swiper-slide theme--dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-format-contained teaser-format-contained--size-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-smile-plastics-smile-plastics-1-1000x1000.jpg\" class=\"teaser-format-contained__image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-smile-plastics-smile-plastics-1-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-smile-plastics-smile-plastics-1-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-smile-plastics-smile-plastics-1-720x720.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t                        <div class=\"slider__slide swiper-slide theme--dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-format-contained teaser-format-contained--size-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-smile-plastics-smile-plastics-3-1000x1000.jpg\" class=\"teaser-format-contained__image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-smile-plastics-smile-plastics-3-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-smile-plastics-smile-plastics-3-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-smile-plastics-smile-plastics-3-720x720.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t                        <div class=\"slider__slide swiper-slide theme--dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-format-contained teaser-format-contained--size-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-smile-plastics-smile-plastics-2-1000x1000.jpg\" class=\"teaser-format-contained__image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-smile-plastics-smile-plastics-2-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-smile-plastics-smile-plastics-2-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.milk-food.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/MILK-MaterialLab-smile-plastics-smile-plastics-2-720x720.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t                            <div class=\"theme--dark\">\n                    <div class=\"slider__button-prev swiper-button-prev theme--dark\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"slider__button-next swiper-button-next theme--dark\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            \n\t\t\t             <div class=\"slider__scrollbar swiper-scrollbar\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t    <\/section>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-smile-plastics\">Smile Plastics<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 1994, the English company Smile Plastics has been shredding scrap materials to create newly designed furniture as well as flooring. In this process, plastic scrap in the form of used bottles, CDs or pipes is not only cut up, but also pressed into sheets by applying heat in molding presses. This approach results in the production of polymer materials that can be used for furniture and interior design elements (table tops, counter tops, flooring) throughout the house.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/sustainability\/\">#sustainability<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/pioniersofchange\/\">#pioniersofchange<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/eco\/\">#eco<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/materialdevelopment\/\">#materialdevelopment<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/ecodesign\/\">#ecodesign<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/biobased\/\">#biobased<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/designforthefuture\/\">#designforthefuture<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/upcycling\/\">#upcycling<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/specialmaterial\/\">#specialmaterial<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/wastematerial\/\">#wastematerial<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/smileplastics\/\">#smileplastic<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-sans-serif wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Product name: <strong><strong>Smile Plastics<\/strong><\/strong><br\/>Manufacturer: <strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/smile-plastics.com\/\">Smile Plastics<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><br\/>Project status: Concept \/\/ Prototype \/\/ Ready for market \/\/ <strong>Ready for series production<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"is-style-sans-serif has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Peters, Sascha: Materialrevolution I. Sustainable and multifunctional materials for design and architecture, Basel 2014, p. 73.<br\/>Image source: Smile Plastics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Furniture design from plastic scrap Smile Plastics Since 1994, the English company Smile Plastics has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":625789,"template":"","material_status":[1190],"material_category":[1409],"material_type":[1843,2105,1593,1587,1581,1578,2126],"material_food":[1189],"material_topic":[2166,2104,1724,1423,2110],"class_list":["post-729919","material","type-material","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","material_status-series-production-ready","material_category-plastics-biopolymers","material_type-ldpe","material_type-other-polymers","material_type-pe-en","material_type-pet-en","material_type-pla-en","material_type-pp-en","material_type-pvc-en","material_food-other","material_topic-waste-solutions","material_topic-recycled-en","material_topic-reusable","material_topic-upcycling-en","material_topic-waste-based"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.2 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MILK. 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