Most industrial processes produce a crapload of scraps. Sometimes, like with metal and plastic, the dross can be re-smelted; in other instances, as with fabric, the cut-offs just go in the trash.

A company called Scrap Lab is making it their mission to alleviate that latter problem:

Scrap lab will be the driving force in reactivating and reanimating left over's, off-cut and any kind of solid waste. The focus of Scrap Lap lays on the innovative recirculation of industrial produced waste. Scrap Lab's concept contains the following advantages in terms of sustainability, economy, ecology and innovation:

Scrap lab operates a professional research and analysis database of industrial waste. It contains essential information for Scrap labs mission, such as properties, shapes, materials and compatibility to other materials.

Scrap lab guides manufacturers and designers by creating valuable products out of waste such as:

1. off-cut descending from traditional manufacturing process (wood, steel, paper) 2. waste of material caused by the imprecise production of material (foam, plastic) 3. moulds, utilized up to their lifespan (gypsum, steel, wood) 4. sawdust, descending from cutting and sawing (wood, plastic, metal)

The industrial sources of this kind of waste guarantee a continuous supply chain for any further activities of Scrap Lab.

Above is their chair made from denim scraps. Learn more about the company here.

via design spotter