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#GREENGRIDZ is a circular furniture construction panel. The lightweight construction consists of a patented GRID system. This makes the panel super stiff, does not warp and is very strong.
The difference between reuse and recycling is that in the case of reuse, the product is reused in its application, whereas in the case of recycling, the steel is melted down to make a new or different steel product. In this respect, reuse is the most advantageous in terms of material energy. Material energy is the energy used for production and assembly, up to and including the energy used for demolition. Since steel can be dismantled, it can often be easily reused. In addition, all steel is recyclable, even when galvanised or coated. Central to recycling is the collection of dismantled steel products. This 'scrap' is collected and processed worldwide. Both steel production processes (the blast furnace and the melting furnace) convert this scrap into liquid steel. Worldwide, 45% of all steel is made from scrap. That not all steel is (yet) made from scrap is due to the fact that the demand for steel is higher than the amount of steel that is released from scrap. The production of steel from scrap consumes 45% less energy than the production of steel from iron ore.
Refreshing is a form of recycling in which paper, cardboard and textiles are reduced to fibres. It is a mechanical process in which the discarded products are unravelled by machines. The fibres can be reused as building blocks to make circular products.
The press turns waste streams of plastics and natural fibers under high pressure and heat into sheets used to make circular furniture. The raw materials harvested from the plastic waste are old children's toys, soap bottles, CD cases, crates, lamps, garden furniture and household appliances. Natural fibers are harvested from old milk cartons, hemp, coffee grounds, old clothes, wood chips, paper and cardboard.
With healthy and circular furniture. Less material, less CO2 and less waste!