{"id":1261,"date":"2018-11-13T14:58:14","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T07:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petechcorp.com\/?p=1261"},"modified":"2018-11-13T15:54:49","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T08:54:49","slug":"plasma-rock-is-a-new-material-made-from-100-recycled-landfill-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petechcorp.com\/en\/plasma-rock-is-a-new-material-made-from-100-recycled-landfill-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"Plasma Rock is a new material made from 100% recycled landfill waste"},"content":{"rendered":"

Could our overflowing landfills be converted into gold mines? Designer\u00a0Inge Sluijs<\/a>\u00a0has found an way to turn landfill waste into \u201cPlasma Rock\u201d \u2013 an innovative material that can be used to create eco-friendly consumer goods. The durable rock is the result of plasma gasification \u2013 a process that heats\u00a0landfill materials<\/a>\u00a0at extremely high temperatures.<\/p>\n

Although plasma gasification technology is not necessarily new, Sluijs\u2019 process of using Plasma Rock to create usable products is unique. The rock is quite durable and completely non-toxic \u2013 and Sluijs imagines that a worldwide circular economy could turn\u00a0landfill junk<\/a>\u00a0into environmentally-friendly consumer goods. According to the designer, 20 kg of Plasma Rock can be created out of 100 kg of landfill waste.<\/p>\n

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Petech-Plasma Rock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sluijs has focused her efforts on coastal landfill sites, starting at the East Tilbury landfill located in Essex, England. Scientists consider coastal landfills to be ticking time bombs, considering that the land is being quickly eroded by\u00a0rising sea levels<\/a>. Transforming waste into Plasma Rock would reduce landfill volume while diverting dangerous materials that would otherwise pollute the water.<\/p>\n

Plasma Rock starts as a powder, which can be formed and sculpted into different objects. Sluijs recently used the material to create Tilbury Tiles, which are distinctively decorated and marketed as souvenirs from the East Tilbury area. She has also developed glass vases decorated with specks of the rock. Through her designs, Luijs hopes to demonstrate not only the potential of Plasma Rock, but also the possibility of using\u00a0landfill waste<\/a>\u00a0to the benefit of the environment.<\/p>\n

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Plasma Rock\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Could our overflowing landfills be converted into gold mines? Designer\u00a0Inge Sluijs\u00a0has found an way to turn landfill waste into \u201cPlasma Rock\u201d \u2013 an innovative material that can be used to create eco-friendly consumer goods. The durable rock is the result of plasma gasification \u2013 a process that heats\u00a0landfill materials\u00a0at extremely high temperatures. Although plasma gasification<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27],"tags":[48,63,61,62],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/petechcorp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1261\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/petechcorp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/petechcorp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petechcorp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petechcorp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=1261"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/petechcorp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1261\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1269,"href":"https:\/\/petechcorp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1261\/revisions\/1269\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petechcorp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1262\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/petechcorp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=1261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petechcorp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=1261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petechcorp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=1261"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petechcorp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words\/?post=1261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}