- Title:
- Smile Plastics sample - Dapple red
- Object name(s):
- material; recycled material
- Brief description:
- Smile Plastics Ltd started making a range of recycled plastic sheets in 1994. This sample is one of a group of 10 made in the early 2000s, it looks like the charcoal veined Piatraccia marble. The Dapple range is a semi-translucent sheet made from off-cuts from gas and water pipes, production scrap from Smile Plastics' factory, and old food stuff containers.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- plastics samples and industry
- Colour:
- white
- Colour:
- red
- Dimension:
- length 99 mm
- Dimension:
- width 47 mm
- Dimension:
- depth 12 mm
- Inscription content:
- Smile Plastics Ltd. 01743 850267 www.smile-plastics.co.uk. Sample Type Dapple Red
- Inscription method:
- printed
- Inscription position:
- adhesive label
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- PE
- Material:
- polyethylene
- Material:
- polythene
- Object name:
- material; recycled material
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 008810.7
- Object production organisation:
- Smile Plastics
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- compression moulded
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d3797c0c-9c6f-30b2-b5a9-0118c969d01e
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d3797c0c-9c6f-30b2-b5a9-0118c969d01e, Museum of Design in Plastics, CC BY
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