{"id":42128,"date":"2021-02-16T15:07:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T14:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=42128"},"modified":"2021-02-16T13:07:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T12:07:43","slug":"relics-recycled-porcelain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/relics-recyceltes-porzellan\/","title":{"rendered":"Relics: A second life for old porcelain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Relics are purist containers for storing food. A Berlin product designer makes them from recycled porcelain waste and now wants to bring the sustainable solution to market.<\/p>\n

Georgia von le Fort says she loves working with porcelain. For her bachelor's thesis at the Berlin University of the Arts, she has now developed a method to Porcelain shards through grinding and sintering<\/strong> back into a solid material.<\/p>\n

The designer uses them to create Relics - containers made from recycled porcelain that allow fruit and vegetables to be kept for longer thanks to their strength and porosity. The design of the containers is inspired by the open-pored properties of the sintered material<\/strong> to take advantage of this.<\/p>

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A corrugated shelf made of the same material absorbs cold water from the tap through its porous structure and then ensures that the interior of the container cools down and the humidity rises.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the physical process of evaporative cooling, Relics thus also ensure that the refrigerator is for a longer shelf life of food.<\/strong> The humid climate in the containers also protects certain types of vegetables from drying out.<\/p>