The furniture piece incorporated the use of the following end-of-life products:
1. Reused bicycle frames
· Re-using bicycle frames provide a material that people can relate too. The frames are cleaned and polished to give a professional finish/satin steel
2. Reused metal tubing
· The tubing can be taken from any pipes found at a junkyard, which match the size requirements. The inside is a waterproof container. The container shows the level of water inside so the consumer knowswhen to re-fill.
3. Reused hose
· The hoses are taken from car’s engine in scrapyards. The hose are used to feed water to the hydroponic plant container (exhaust pipes.) The other hose is used to regulate the level of water in theexhaust pipe.
4. Reused industrial safety netting
· The safety netting is used to divide rooms, living quarters, or office. The secondary applications are to grow plants and to store newspapers. The netting also has the potential to fit user-specific functions as the user explores its form through use.
5. Scrapile lumber
· SCRAPILE is a solution from designers BartBettencourt and Carlos Salgado to create a positive environmental impact. They have developed a unique method of collecting and re-using discarded scraps of wood from New York’s woodworking industry.
6. Reused exhaust pipes
· The exhaust pipes are reused to become a hydroponicplant feeder. The hydroponic container holds the vermiculate and the plant at a constant level of water. This process enable the plants to grow to a certain level independently from the user.