Clint Project

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267794

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NEW EUROPEAN BAUHAUS RISING STARS : concepts or ideas submitted by young talents (aged 30 or less)

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Clint Project

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Clint is an essential step towards circular laundry and sustainability that transforms waste into new material and advances zero waste. Clint is innovation, collaboration, talent, and strategic alliances between the leadership of GirbauLab and the creativity of Elisava Barcelona School of Design and Engineering. 

Where is your concept/idea being developed or intended to be implemented in the EU?

Please provide a summary of your concept/ idea

Clint proposes transforming textile waste form dryers (dry solid waste) into material for paper and cardboard of between 0.3 and 1.3 mm thick.  The applications that the new material Clint can offer are extensive and different as they are an innovative alternative to the use of plastic materials and paper or cardboard objects that already exist, as pen-drive cases.  One of the key factors of the project is the generation of new material from the waste captured directly in the dryer filters (the lint), without the need to add any other material,

Please give information about the key objectives of your concept/idea in terms of sustainability and how these would be met

Clint is an innovative, sustainable, scalable, and creative solution that allows: Evaluate the solid waste generated during the washing and drying processes. To convert a much-unattended waste with an associated cost into a resource with a differential, scalable, and sustainable added value, with a circular process, instead of a lineal.  Reduce emissions of polluting products and save resources. Mitigates the evident risks that the manipulation of microplastics generates in the environment, both in the aquatic and air environment.

Please give information about the key objectives of your concept/idea in terms of aesthetics and quality of experience beyond functionality and how these would be met

The products produced with the dry solid waste material are a replace to plastic or paper treated with heavy chemistry, giving them an artisan paper look. Also, the paper has been used to communicate the project with printing methods such as letterpress, dry-stroke, ink relief, bas-relief and stamping. This method allows to work with artisan papers that are not entirely homogeneous, achieving optimum results and outcomes. 

Please give information about the key objectives of your concept/idea in terms of inclusion and how these would be been met

The dry solid waste could be preferentially offered to produce the new material to paper mills with a social function towards inclusion.  The raw material with which the new material is produced is a non-valued waste and the process used to transform it is very standardized and simple. The result is a new product with a low production cost and a wide range of application possibilities.

Please explain the innovative character of your concept/ idea

New material created with a residue (dryers residue) through a traditional process (paper). Also, the new material was conceived to be a paper, but thanks to its characteristic it could be conformed as a 3D so it could substitute plastic packagings and cases. 

Please detail the plans you have for the further development, promotion and/or implementation of your concept/idea, with a particular attention to the initiatives to be taken before May 2022

Our aim for the coming year is to further develop the material, with more emphasis on 3D products. Also to investigate possible blends and possible properties to add value to Clint Material. 

By ticking this box, you declare that all the information provided in this form is factually correct, that the proposed concept/idea has not been proposed for the New European Bauhaus Rising Stars Awards more than once in the same category.