Polycarbonate is one of the most commonly used petrol based injection plastics in eyewear. The process of injecting the plastic into moulds generates a significant amount of waste, and r21 uses this waste to re-introduce it back into the supply chain at the maximum value.
Polycarbonate is a petro-chemical based, transparent amorphous thermoplastic. With high impact resistance, it is durable, heat resistant and has excellent transparency properties. As the virgin material deteriorates over multiple injection processes, waste is usually on-sold for lower-end, single use plastic products, that too swiftly end up in landfill.
r21 preserves material within our production cycle, allowing it to re-enter the supply chain at the highest possible value to consumers.