Sustainability at Plant Plast®
Plant Plast® is made from hemp shives, the woody core of the hemp stalk and a by-product of hemp cultivation. A plant-based residual material becomes a design material in its own right. We don't treat sustainability as an advertising promise but as a stance: we explain openly what Plant Plast® is made of and how we approach it, and only claim what we can substantiate.
A material meant to last
For us, real sustainability starts with durability. Plant Plast® is made for visible, design-led applications, for surfaces and objects you choose deliberately and keep for a long time, not for quick replacement. A material with character that stays visible is replaced less often than an interchangeable standard panel. Deliberate material choice and longevity are the part of sustainability we can name today with a clear conscience, and they often matter more than any label.
The raw material: hemp shives
Hemp grows fast and needs comparatively little to cultivate. What's left after processing is the woody core of the stalk, the shives, traditionally a by-product. Plant Plast® turns exactly this residual material into its starting point: rather than merely burning it for energy, it becomes a panel with its own character. A material made from what arises anyway, that's the starting point.
Our approach, plant-based, without glues or resins
Plant Plast® is a plant-based material and is made without glues or resins. That's a deliberate material decision, not a marketing formula. The exact composition we treat as confidential, and we'd rather say nothing than claim something imprecise.
Honest, not greenwashing
Many materials advertise eco-promises and never deliver the proof. We take the opposite route: we don't claim any environmental benefit we can't substantiate, not because we have nothing to say, but because a serious brand doesn't promise what it can't prove. That honesty is part of the product. What can be said with certainty, we say clearly; everything else we substantiate before we say it. For your project that means certainty: what's on this page holds, you can carry it into your own sustainability concept without having to backtrack later. That reliability is what separates an honest material from one that mostly advertises with labels.
A sustainable material choice in your project
For architects, planners and designers, material choice has long been part of sustainable design, not as a label, but as an honest question. What is a material made of, how long does it last, and does it stay visible or disappear in the next refit? Plant Plast® gives a clear answer: a plant-based material with origin, made for visible, long-lasting applications. We back it not with polished datasheets but with a sample you can hold and honest information on what's substantiated. That lets you place Plant Plast® in your sustainability concept on solid ground, based on what truly holds, not on what advertises well. Get in touch if you're evaluating a natural material for a specific project.
Answered briefly.
A blanket statement without evidence would be unserious, and we don't make unproven environmental claims. What's certain: Plant Plast® is a plant-based material made from hemp shives, without glues or resins.
As a plant, hemp absorbs CO₂ as it grows, that's a property of the plant, not a balance statement about the finished product. A specific CO₂ balance we communicate only with calculation and evidence.
Plant Plast® is plant-based and made without glues or resins. Tested emission or substance values we state only with official evidence.