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Plaxtile

  • Gemma Morell

Plaxtile is a project developed in order to respond a challenge proposed by a laundry company that generates between 250 and 2500 tones of laundry waste every day. This waste contains polymeric microparticles or what are called microplastics, which are very polluting in aquatic ecosystems. This is why the objective of the project is giving a laundry waste a second life by developing a new material. This is where Plaxtile is born: a composite developed from recycled polypropylene from detergent caps, reinforced with the laundry waste. On the one hand, the use of recycled polypropylene significantly reduces environmental impacts by avoiding the use of non-renewable materials. On the other hand, the use of laundry waste is an effective way to add a fibrous reinforcement that makes the initial material -recycled polypropylene- a new composite. This presents significantly improved properties and numerous applications.

Plaxtile is an injectable and aesthetic material with great applicability. In addition, it presents functionalities related to creating new business models in which laundry can be transformed into a new circular paradigm, along with the reuse of the detergent caps used in the laundry industry itself.

The use of Plaxtile in the manufacture of injection pieces represents a reduction of 62.38% of the carbon footprint of, also injected, virgin polypropylene.
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