From TrendHunter.com – Design Trends –Ceramic Waste Furniture – Bentu Design Makes Terrazzo-Style Furniture from Recycled Ceramic Waste (TrendHunter.com):
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(TrendHunter.com) Bentu Design has released a terrazzo-style furniture collection made entirely of recycled materials. The furniture and lighting collection made from ceramic waste was created with the intention of drawing a bridge between environmental consciousness and design. To make the house ware collection, Bentu Design used 4 million tonnes of ceramic waste from China’s Foshan city. The area is the ceramic production capital of the world, generating immense amounts of leftover materiel that typically gets dumped in neighboring villages. “Not only is the cost of disposal high, but the non-degradable materials can also not be digested by nature, hence occupy the land, affect the growth of vegetation and even pollute the water,” said Bentu Design…
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(TrendHunter.com) Many beverage companies have discovered that canned wines and cocktails are a great and portable way to store alcohol. For awhile, canned alcoholic beverage had gone out of favor as they were seen as the less premium option to consumers and few would even consider serving wine in a can. Now, many beverage makers are bringing back the can and serving Millennial consumers fresh, new branding opportunities to accompany this revitalized packaging option.
