After 10 years of R&D, manufacturer 3form has introduced a 100% recycled material ? Flek Pure ? that primarily uses in-house waste.

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Good things come to those who wait, and after 10 years of research and development, award-winning manufacturer 3form has introduced a 100% recycled material ? Flek Pure. Mainly sourced from in-house waste, the innovative material encapsulates pelletized trimmings from 3form?s Varia resin to create a textured, terrazzo-like product. The pellets then travel through 3form?s optical sorter for clarity and cleanliness, resulting in a product that?s 100% recycled without a muddy or murky appearance, unlike most recycled products.
After originally launching in 2019 with roughly 75% recycled material, the new iteration of Flek achieves 3form?s long-term goal of maximizing the amount of repurposed material used while maintaining their products? signature translucent appearance. To make it happen, the product development team sourced new materials and increased recycled content to reach 100% for Flek Pure. The next step is to be able to give the optical sorter?s rejected materials to sister lighting company, LightArt, to be transformed into recycled pendants. This process will then reinforce the closed-loop production between multiple branches of the 3form family. 3form?s in-house sourc...