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Crispy
Crispy is a collection of serving bowls, 100% made from delaminated post-consumer crisp packaging from structure down to the paint. A non-recyclable packaging is upcycled into a new product that once again contains crisps.
Crisp packets are composed of a complex polymer structure categorised as multi-material plastic packaging due to the high salt and oil content. This type of packaging is not widely recycled, often ending up in piles of landfills, getting incinerated or littering the environment. In today's conscientious era, where the push is to minimise single-use plastics or increase recycling, this packaging category tends to be overlooked, or its underlying issues remain largely unnoticed.
Crispy demonstrates that even complex plastic packaging, like crisp packets, can and should be recycled. The project focuses on enabling circular recyclability opportunities by recovering and recycling each material used in the packaging separately. Using a specialised separation process, a single crisp pack can be delaminated into four different materials: two PP films, a metallic PET film, and ink. The project addresses the challenges of the current plastic recycling system by salvaging difficult-to-recycle plastic packaging in a cost-effective and energy-efficient manner. Specifically targeting crisp packets, a culturally charged and high-impact product, the project aims to upcycle this complex material and shift people's perception of recycling.
Crisp packets are composed of a complex polymer structure categorised as multi-material plastic packaging due to the high salt and oil content. This type of packaging is not widely recycled, often ending up in piles of landfills, getting incinerated or littering the environment. In today's conscientious era, where the push is to minimise single-use plastics or increase recycling, this packaging category tends to be overlooked, or its underlying issues remain largely unnoticed.
Crispy demonstrates that even complex plastic packaging, like crisp packets, can and should be recycled. The project focuses on enabling circular recyclability opportunities by recovering and recycling each material used in the packaging separately. Using a specialised separation process, a single crisp pack can be delaminated into four different materials: two PP films, a metallic PET film, and ink. The project addresses the challenges of the current plastic recycling system by salvaging difficult-to-recycle plastic packaging in a cost-effective and energy-efficient manner. Specifically targeting crisp packets, a culturally charged and high-impact product, the project aims to upcycle this complex material and shift people's perception of recycling.
