Roger Bateman,
senior lecturer in
furniture design at Sheffield Hallam,
with student Matt Harding
A furniture design academic from Sheffield Hallam University
has started creating furniture made from 100 per cent biodegradable material,
which can be composted at the end of its lifespan.
Roger Bateman, senior lecturer in furniture design at the
University, spent a year working with student Matt Harding on the Biofurniture
project, which aims to make production of 100 per cent biodegradable furniture
easier. The project, in collaboration with Netcomposites in Chesterfield,
started as a study into whether plant-based material could be used to make
furniture components, instead of petrochemical-based plastics.