While recycling technology is getting more innovative each year, many waste yarns are still being burned in the textile industry. These yarns are being burned because the process of recycling waste yarns is either too time-consuming and expensive, or, nearly impossible when different types of fibres are mixed. By utilizing the waste yarns in a bio-degradable material, such as bioplastic, it allows them to be recycled once the technology has improved instead of being discarded right now.

This project explores the possibility of a bioplastic waste yarn material in the context of 3D weaving. 3D weaving techniques allow for a diversity of shapes while creating a low amount of waste material. Weaving can add stability and texture to shapes while also blending different layers of material. This is enhanced by the inherent translucency of the bioplastic which allows interaction with light, both natural and artificial. The waste yarns in the bioplastic create, together with the 3D woven shape, a playful and colourful piece highlighted by light.