Olive waste

Jaen, Spain

In Spain in particular olive trees plantations take up over 2,7 million hectares and in turn over 430.000 tons of Olive pits are produced each year. This waste has been historically always given a second use as biofuel in the south of Spain where over 100.000 houses are heated thanks to this biowaste. Furthermore with new technologies and the rise in biodesign this material has grown in popularity sparking new and original projects.

Nontalo

Nontalo Kids by Naif Factory, Studio Frutero, and Ricardo Valbuena is a modular stool made from 7,500 olive pits. The studio blends said pits into a biomaterial known as Reolivar