Recycled tetraware and even more leafenware
June 03, 2005
The image on the left shows (clockwise from 10 o'clock) a repurposeed surplus tetra-pak plate, a banana bark pressed bowl, a paper plate made out of 'surplus' film poster and the underside of the tetra-pak plate showing its origins as a tomato paste container for an arab-speaking country. In the centre is the underside of a banana bark bowl.
The image on the right shows a beautiful sewn leaf platter (~50cm diam) backed with surplus printed plastic originally produced for juice packaging. Alternating layers of leaf and plastic make the platter just sturdy enough to carry a few things as long as those things don't happen to weigh anything.
All items were sourced in Bangalore and Delhi. So why can't we have these in Europe? I have seen surplus tetra-pak being repurposed by housepainters to protect floors during house rennovations. Google 'waste exchange' and see what you get:
Waste Exchange UK
Waste Exchange Net
and even in the Netherlands we have:
Reststoffenbeurs
debra at 11:53 AM June 3, 2005 | post to del.icio.us
