Dutch designers Iris van Daalen and Ruben Thier's The Plastic Mine is a series of home accessories made from plastic clumps gathered from a factory floor.
The Plastic Mine collection includes shelves and tables created out of brightly coloured lumps of polyethylene, with polished, flat top surfaces that feature intricate patterns.
The large chunks of plastic are selected from the waste produced by a factory that makes pipes and tubing for industrial use.

Each piece is processed using a CNC machine or a saw to create a flat surface, before adding the fittings used to mount the final pieces to a wall or to insert legs. This revealed unexpected patterns inside each of the lumps of plastic, created by the folds in the material as it piles up before solidifying.
"It is such a surprise to find out what is hidden inside, creating an exciting moment when the marbled pattern reveals itself when the two halves split," said the designers.
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