NEW YORK, May 3 — From bridges and houses to furniture, what if polluting raw materials could be replaced with more sustainable alternatives? Such has been the aim of several projects around the world in recent years, each as surprising as the next.On Earth Day, April 22, the inauguration of a new kind of bridge in the Netherlands made the news. Here, there was no sign of concrete, but a structure composed entirely of hemp and flax fibres and bio-resin.
Widely used in the textile industry, but also in the automotive and sports industries, flax has the major advantage of requiring much fewer resources and growing autonomously in many regions, both in Normandy and in the Netherlands. It’s a material that could therefore have a real future in the construction sector.Still in the spirit of opting for more ecological and sustainable materials, others draw their inspiration from plants.
This was the original idea of two English graphic design students who developed a material from potato peelings that can be used as a panel-like product for furniture making, like MDF. The objective was to propose a more ecological alternative to medium density fibreboard, while limiting food waste. It was an end-of-year project launched in 2019, which eventually turned into a real business and gave rise to the “Chip[s] Board” range, still on the market today.
Carried out in collaboration with chocolate maker Muze and the Avanti organization, the project plans to build a cocoa processing plant there in order to “produce new ethical cacao-based products that are highly traceable, offsetting carbon footprint.” Entirely eco-designed, the future houses of the eco village will be equipped with a roof that can collect rainwater, as well as natural ventilation.
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