Environmentally friendly street furniture for more sustainability

Upcycle City in Almere: a sustainable initiative!

Sustainability is in the full spotlight these days. Companies, private individuals and governments alike are doing plenty in this field. A good example is the "Upcycle City in Almere" competition, which was regularly organized by the Municipality of Almere. Eight other municipalities also participate in this project, which focuses on sustainability and energy conservation. Dor co-financing companies that come up with good business plans, the government encourages sustainable and environmentally friendly initiatives. In 2017, NPSP, a company that, like Erdi, manufactures sustainable street furniture, won this competition along with the company Velopa. The street furniture made by companies like NPSP and Erdi consists mainly of benches made from the new bio-composite Nabasco 8010, among others.

NABASCO8010: a new type of bio-composite for street furniture

The kind of biocomposite used today in street furniture from companies like NSPD and Erdi used, NABASCO8010, is 100 percent recyclable. This biocomposite is made from residual municipal waste. The material consists of 80 percent biological or biobased raw materials and other circular raw materials. Incidentally, the fibers used in biocomposite are also derived from previously used raw materials from industries such as the clothing industry, agriculture or landscape management. Besides the fact that the recyclable biocomposite NABASCO 8010 fits perfectly within circular economies, this material has several other interesting advantages:

• NABASO8010 is very strong material that can take a beating.
• This bio-composite street furniture is durable and lasts a very long time.
• The dimensional stability of MABASO8010 is also a big plus of this material.
• Furthermore, the very low carbon footprint of biocomposite is a good argument for the frequent and intensive use of this raw material.
• A final advantage of the bio-composite NABASCO 8010 is its relatively low cost. After all, inexpensive recyclable materials are used.

Less energy used for manufacture

Companies that produce bio-composite for their street furniture emit much less CO2 than other companies. Producing bio-composite is more energy efficient than, for example, making glass, metal or aluminum. Finally, an advantage is that the raw materials come from the immediate region, from the Netherlands or from Europe, and not from other continents.