After enlisting Dutch plastic solutions agency Searious Business to implement circular design systems and improve the company’s sustainable credentials, Gispen uncovered a wealth of resources within its internal waste streams.

The Dutch furniture brand buys and collects old stock from customers to be repaired, remade and resold. A large proportion of this returned stock is made up of old filing cabinets with plastic cupboards that are difficult to reuse and recycle. To solve this, Gispen worked with the Netherlands’ Delft University of Technology to grind down this plastic, along with waste plastic packaging, so it could be used in a 3D-printing machine.

By giving plastic a second life as a resource for 3D printing, Gispen is able to transform its waste to create a variety of furniture pieces. 3D printing the plastic vastly improves the life of the material as it can be reprinted into different shapes up […]

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