LOVELY TRASH

There is no such thing as waste in nature. The trash of an organism becomes the ressource of an other one, this ecosystem makes every forest constantly retransformed. We want to create such an ecosystem in cities which produce tonnes of waste every month.

 

‘Lovely Trash’ is a circular project where coffee cup waste is recycled with mycelium, the root network of mushrooms, to make furniture. We aim to create an ecosystem in cities where waste is transformed into something beautiful once again. With the help of nature, we create objects for our daily life from our everyday trash.

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NOTE RECYCLED

Due to a thin layer of plastic placed inside the cups, they are very hard to degrade and can't be recycled. Cities spend a lot of money sorting out the coffee cups from the rest of the recyclable trash. In more than 99,75% of case, your coffee cup ends up in a Landfill.

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NETWORK OF COLLECT OF COFFEE CUPS

We are creating partnerships with various coffee shops around London who collect used coffee cups from their customers for us to recycle. We are very happy to see now customers coming back to their coffee shops to give away their old cups.

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WE RECYCLE CUPS WITH MYCELIUM

Mushroom is composed of two parts: the fruiting body which is ment to spread spores to reproduce and mycelium which is the root system of the mushroom. Mycelium is the biggest part of the mushroom, composed of a network of thin filaments, it scans the soil searching for organic matter.