The small Australian company behind a revolutionary sustainable material made from recycled waste has confirmed plans to target the furniture industry within two years.

Based in Mullumbimby NSW, Zeo International is the firm behind trademarked product Zeoform.  Described as the ‘Holy Grail' of new sustainable materials, Zeoform is made from 100% cellulose (derived from plants, hemp, paper, rags or other recycled sources) and water, and requires no glues, binders, chemicals, additives or synthetics.

Zeoform technical director and original inventor Martin Ernegg explained the molecules of Zeoform were bonded together using nano-technology capable of being moulded into a wide range of products; from translucent grades for lighting, to hard applications for anything from furniture to automotive parts or mobile phone casing.

Plans were afoot for a 4000 tonne Zeoform plant to be built in the coming months, Ernegg confirmed, with a view to releasing the product to market by 2011.

"It's a product that is geared towards mass production and we will certainly be marketing it to the furniture industry," he said.

Zeoform has already been successfully used in a furniture prototype, with Australian designer Wilma van Boxtel's award winning Zeopod pouf (pictured), while leading international designers including Georgio Armani have also experimented with it.

The result of 12 years of R&D and laboratory studies, the product creates no waste, with every particle, including dust from finishing, able to be recycled. Each Zeoform product is designed to lock in carbon atoms, thus reducing emissions and contributing to a cooler earth.

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