Recycled Airplane Parts Transform Into Bio-Luminum™

Bio-Luminum

CoveringsETC, manufacturer of the Cradle-to-Cradle™ product Bio Glass®, adds to their line-up of 100% recycled-100% recyclable sustainable surface materials with Bio-Luminum™.

Born of an unexpected source, the aluminum in these unique tiles comes from reclaimed aircraft parts.
Throughout the world there are thousands of airplane graveyards and abandoned military maneuver sites which, thanks to the efforts of the clean-up organizations that work with CoveringsETC, provide the raw material for this recycling.

Until now, aircraft aluminum has been left to the “bone yards” for lack of ways to successfully repurpose it. The alloys used to make aircraft aluminum strong render it impossible to recycle in the same manner as cans or other aluminum products. However, CoveringsETC is able to melt the reclaimed aluminum into a block which is then sliced into tiles (much like a quarry would slice stone). This procedure produces a very distinct, almost industrial aesthetic to the aluminum tiles.

CoveringsETC is responsible for pushing-forward the process to turn this unusable aluminum waste into a viable product and CoveringsETC is working to find uses for other materials abandoned at these sites. Not only is Bio-Luminum 100% post consumer recycled aluminum but it is 100% recyclable and manufactured using clean-tech processes.

Source: CoveringsETC

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September 2nd, 2009 by signaltree
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