SLIDE sustainable Design

How Slide Design create Sustainable Products

A SLIDE Design product means choosing a sustainable design for everyone.

They consider their products to be more than just objects; they see them as inhabitants of a world we share and can help change through our behaviours and habits.

Their goal is to make “Made in Italy" increasingly ethical!

Thanks to the continuous research of their R&D Department, their collections have evolved from using 100% recyclable polyethylene to experimenting with second-life plastics and now a new biobased polyethylene, a material derived from renewable sources.

Second-life plastics can be used in the Geco material, comprising 70% polyethylene and 30% EcoAllene. EcoAllene is made from 100% Tetrapack boxes, giving a second life to a material that, until recently, had to be disposed of and no longer reused. The polyethylene and aluminium foils in the boxes are recovered directly from the paper mills. They are processed to obtain a material which, when mixed with polyethylene, can be used in rotational moulding.

The resultant products can be seen in Amanda & Ambrogio, which was designed by Favaretto & Partners.

The new biobased polyethylene, called Bio-polyethylene, is a material derived from renewable sources. Indeed, the plastic powder is obtained by refining sugarcane, thereby avoiding the use of carbon. The process of obtaining biobased polyethylene uses a more sustainable raw material.

The resultant products are in Marcantonio’s designed Afrika collection and Lorenza Bozzoli’s Mara Masai capsule collection.

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