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One man's ceiling is another man's floor, and increasingly, one industry's cut-offs can become another's profitable product. Tile manufacturer Modwalls takes the waste product--neat little cork "pennies"--that comes from trimming bottle corks down to size, and turns them into 1-foot-square sheets of tile called CorkDotz. It's water-resistant, of course, and reportedly even tough enough to use outdoors.
Rain Noe
Rain Noe is a writer and industrial designer based in New York City.
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uh... what about grouting? sounds like a nightmare...!Report as spam
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Wow, nice use of another products waste. I however wonder if they would be easy to clean in a bathroom setting. It looks as though there is gaps between the pieces that would allow dirt to fall through. Stick with a throw rug size rather than area carpet, or, perhaps fill in the gaps with tile, or colored cork.!Report as spam
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Wow, nice use of another products waste. I however wonder if they would be easy to clean in a bathroom setting. It looks as though there is gaps between the pieces that would allow dirt to fall through. Stick with a throw rug size rather than area carpet, or, perhaps fill in the gaps with tile, or colored cork.!Report as spam
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