Made from old tires, this skateboard is the sustainability boost the sports tech industry needs! - Yanko Design

"Recyclability" and "Sustainability" seem to be the two keywords that have taken the design industry past storm. Every production designed today is beingness created keeping in mind the environment. And this sensation is particularly arable in the younger generation of designers. Paolo Gentile is ane such product designer. He recently graduated from the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan. In a vivid decision to combine sports tech with sustainability, he created 'Frammento', a collection of skateboards made from the rubber obtained from Terminate-of-Life tires (ELT).

Designer: Paolo Gentile

Paolo says he was inspired to bring Frammento to life "[while] hanging out at a children's playground. I became intrigued by the floor material and after some search and realizing the depression price of the rubber pellets, I started to think of new applications for it". When End-of-Life tires undergo a final shredding procedure, their rubber is transformed into granules that may be cheap just manage to retain all the technical properties of safe. Paolo realized that the backdrop of these granules; grip, durability, elasticity, flexibility, affect resistance, and traction are exactly the characteristics a corking skateboard needs! Hence he decided to revive the nearly extinct tires and transform them into a drove of recycled skateboards. With Frammento, a new utilize for recycled rubber was discovered.

'Frammento' was inspired by the rubber pellets used in children's playgrounds.

With the aid of the companies Ecopneus and Casei Ecosystems, Paolo learned about End-of-Life tires and how to use them. He besides collected the textile with their help. Later the collection of innumerous pellets, he needed to give them class. The pellets were combined with glue and the mixture was poured into a skateboard shaped mold. The mixture was then pressed into the mold, creating the final skateboard form.

The pellets are mixed with glue, and and so printing-molded into a skateboard.

The cease result; a form of transportation that is fun, practical, safe and devoid of any pretentiousness. A skateboard that allows tires to keep on traveling, a skateboard to run around town with. Frammento seems like a fun and non to mention an eco-friendly culling to our usual skateboards, a product I'yard sure all skateboarding enthusiasts would beloved to get their easily on!