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# The Polyfloss Factory
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/the-polyfloss-factory/
- Published: 2012-06-27T15:15:46.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-28T11:02:21.000Z
- Description: RCA students create a sustainable way to recycle a common waste material into something new.
- Author: Protein
- Tags: Seeds, Art & Design, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:15, #author-change-2025-05-28

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An interesting project to come out of this years [RCA](http://www.rca.ac.uk/?ref=protein.xyz) Show is [The Polyfloss Factory](http://www.thepolyflossfactory.com/?ref=protein.xyz), a micro factory which allows a commonly available waste material, [polypropylene](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polypropylene?ref=protein.xyz), to be turned into an easily transformable recycled material called Polyfloss. The project, from [Nicholas Paget](http://www.nickpaget.com/?ref=protein.xyz), [Emile de Visscher](http://edevisscher.com/?ref=protein.xyz), [Audrey Gaulard](http://www.audreygaulard.com/?ref=protein.xyz) and [Christophe Machet](http://www.christophemachet.com/?ref=protein.xyz), allows any skilled maker to use this playful material to create a range of high value objects from a resource that would otherwise have gone to waste.

The Polyfloss machine works like a regular candy-floss machine you might find in a fairground. After the waste material is shredded, it is inserted into the rotating oven, where the molten plastic is projected through the small holes onto a drum via centrifugal force. The space between the oven and the drum lining allows the polypropylene to cool down and harden creating fibers. Once cooled, the Polyfloss can be easily remelted to create new objects, ranging from vases to headphones. What's more, any Polyfloss item can be put back into the machine to create new, raw Polyflass, creating a, 'sustainable closed loop system.'

It's an interesting project which makes us think about our relationship with waste and provides an innovative and sustainable alternative for the future. Check it out [here](http://www.thepolyflossfactory.com/?ref=protein.xyz).

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