Sustainable furniture start-up Pentatonic is releasing a new line of furniture that is made entirely from re-purposed trash. The company will be launching its first collection of chairs, tables, glassware, and individually sold furniture components this month at the London Design Festival, which opens on Sept. 16 and runs through Sept. 24.
To create their products, waste ranging from cans, to smartphones, to cigarette butts, is cleaned and organized before being shredded into pellets, which are then melted down to be turned into furniture components via an injection-molding process. The furniture components then fit together to build the chairs and tables, without using glues or paints, eradicating the need for tools and minimizing waste and toxic resins. Pentatonic's Airtool Chairs, for example, are made from recycled plastic, and each save almost thirteen pounds of trash with a return value of £34.4 (approximately $41).