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018 Limpieza diaria de todas las barreras instaladas. // Dai ly cleaning of al l instal led barriers. Clasificación del plástico recogido en más de 30 categorias diferentes. // Sorting of collected plastic into more than 30 different categories. Analizar y registrar datos para impulsar conversaciones sobre la contaminación. // Analyzing and recording data to drive conversations about pollution. Lavar, triturar y preparar la basura para su reciclaje. // Washing, shreddin & preparing the trash for recycl ing. Innovar en nuevas formas de reciclar plásticos de poco valor. // Innovating new ways to recycle low-value plastics. El equipo de Sungai Design lanza dos variaciones de su tumbona Ombak, que significa “ola” en indonesio, una oda a su compromiso. Cada pieza consta de 2.000 bolsas recicladas, sometidas a un intenso proceso de l impieza antes de ser transformadas en láminas rígidas y duraderas mediante tecnología de precisión CNC. Las láminas de plástico se esculpen minuciosamente en una serie de paneles paramétricos que forman la columna vertebral de la si l la Ombak, garantizando que la si l la combine comodidad y esti lo, sin dejar recortes ni residuos. Una nueva era de diseño y productos sostenibles, donando una parte de sus ingresos a Sungai Watch para impulsar la l impieza de los ríos en Indonesia y otros países. DETERMINED TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE WORLD OF FURNITURE, PRODUCT, AND ART DESIGN. SUNGAI DESIGN EMERGES FROM THE URGENT NEED TO PRODUCTIVELY USE THE PLASTIC WASTE THAT ITS NON-PROFIT SISTER ORGANIZATION, SUNGAI WATCH, COLLECTS DAILY. SUNGAI WATCH HAS FOCUSED ON STOPPING POLLUTION AT ITS SOURCE, AS 80% OF OCEAN PLASTIC POLLUTION COMES FROM RIVERS AND STREAMS. SINCE 2020 TO DATE, SUNGAI WATCH HAS INSTALLED 270 FLOATING BARRIERS ALONG INDONESIA’S RIVERS AND HAS COLLECTED MORE THAN 1,800,000 KG OF PLASTIC, WITH AN AVERAGE DAILY COLLECTION OF OVER 3,000 KG OF RIVER PLASTIC. “COLLECTING AND PILING UP PLASTIC WASTE SOLVES PART OF THE PROBLEM. THE SECOND CHALLENGE IS WHAT TO ACTUALLY DO WITH ALL THAT PLASTIC. AS WE COLLECTED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF KILOGRAMS OF PLASTIC, WE STARTED TO SEE PLASTIC AS AN EXCELLENT SOURCE OF 1 2 3 4 5 MATERIAL FOR EVERYDAY PRODUCTS THAT WE ALL NEED AND USE, FROM FURNITURE TO SMALL ITEMS AND EVEN ART,” SAID KELLY BENCHEGHIB, CO-FOUNDER OF SUNGAI DESIGN. THE SUNGAI DESIGN TEAM LAUNCHES TWO VARIATIONS OF ITS OMBAK LOUNGER, WHICH MEANS “WAVE” IN INDONESIAN, AN ODE TO THEIR COMMITMENT. EACH PIECE CONSISTS OF 2,000 RECYCLED BAGS, SUBJECTED TO AN INTENSE CLEANING PROCESS BEFORE BEING TRANSFORMED INTO RIGID AND DURABLE SHEETS USING CNC PRECISION TECHNOLOGY. THE PLASTIC SHEETS ARE METICULOUSLY SCULPTED INTO A SERIES OF PARAMETRIC PANELS THAT FORM THE BACKBONE OF THE OMBAK CHAIR, ENSURING THAT THE CHAIR COMBINES COMFORT AND STYLE, LEAVING NO OFFCUTS OR WASTE. A NEW ERA OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AND PRODUCTS, DONATING A PORTION OF ITS INCOME TO SUNGAI WATCH TO BOOST RIVER CLEANING IN INDONESIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES.

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