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Our Materials: Acrylic & Aluminium

Greencast® Acrylic Aluminium

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acrylic and is 100% recyclable at the end of its useful life. we use in our products has recycled content and it’s one
Unlike other techniques which depend upon melting the of the most sustainable materials on the market today. In
plastic down and then re-casting it into a new form, which addition, our zero-waste manufacturing processes allow
degrades the quality of the material limiting the number for the collection of all unused ‘offcuts’ of aluminium for
of times this can be done, the production of Greencast® recycling as well. Recycling aluminium saves about 90%
acrylic uses a proprietary process which allows for the of the energy it takes to make new aluminium as well as
recovery of the original solvent (PMMA). This solvent is helping to reduce the demand for mining the bauxite ore
a durable, noble plastic which is reused to produce new needed to produce new aluminium. Due to a combination
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clear transparent acrylic has the same quality as new virgin commercial and domestic infrastructure to recycle
acrylic, but more importantly it can be recycled, countless aluminium is continually growing and increased public
times, without ever losing its all important properties. awareness of it’s sustainable credentials means aluminium
An additional positive is this process also reduces water has become a very attractive and popular material choice.
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manufacture while being VOC and HFC free. currently offer:

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Gold grain Gold satin Gold mirror
Black White Clear Flood coat
any colour

Silver grain Silver satin Silver mirror

White

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