Pretty Plastic Creates Building Tiles from Recycled PVC Construction Waste
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Summary
Dutch company Pretty Plastic, founded by architects Overtreders W and Bureau SLA, has developed innovative tiles for building facades and roofs made from recycled PVC construction waste. The company transforms notoriously hard-to-recycle PVC materials like window frames, downspouts, and rain gutters into attractive mottled-pattern tiles that have been used in projects including the Tongelreep National Swimming Centre.
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· 3 pulledDutch company Pretty Plastic has produced tiles for facades roofs using a notoriously hard-to-recycle material: PVC from post-consumer construction waste
Started by architects Overtreders W and Bureau SLA, Pretty Plastic makes tiles with an attractive mottled pattern created through the processing of this rarely recycled plastic
PVC waste such as window frames, downspouts and rain gutters goes into making the tiles
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