Innovative products from recycled materials
"In 1994 a range of sheets made from old plastics bottles was launched. Originally containing shampoo, detergent or milk, they bottles have been collected, sorted, flaked and thoroughly washed to remove any remaining contaminants. Looking like multi-coloured corn-flakes the pieces are then compressed into sheets by a process of heat and pressure, which retains the colours of the original bottles.
The sheet materials in our second product range are made from high impact polystyrene (HIPS) and are harder and more rigid than the sheets from bottles.
Smile Plastics has range called Jazz, made from tough, industrial plastic. As this material is available in individual colours, we can offer a customised sheet by blending any combination of red, brown, blues, yellow, green, black and white in any ratio. Standard items are just two colour mixes.
Since then we have launched products made crushed CDs, plastic water bottles, toothbrushes, banknotes, and Dapple, scrap from our own factory. In 2003 we introduced recycled Mobile Phones and Wellies."
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