Novus: Closing the loop on pet accessories production

**ProjectBlu** 是一家总部位于英国的宠物配件市场中小企业，拥有最先进的制造能力和全球影响力。ProjectBlu提供可持续的高品质和持久的狗床/项圈/铅制成的回收纺织品/皮革，废弃的渔网和海洋塑料。凭借其行业领先的家具行业专业知识，ProjectBlu以独特的产品在市场上占据了一席之地。他们屡获殊荣的产品和创新的思维方式已经动摇了行业的标准，并突出了这些产品可能产生的环境影响。今天，ProjectBlu希望通过采用从摇篮到摇篮的方法来生产狗床，将其可持续发展战略提升到一个新的水平。与英国第一宠物用品零售商 **PetsatHome** 和回收分包合作伙伴 **The Furniture Recycling Group**（TFRG）合作，床垫回收公司，他们将测试和验证从制造到使用寿命结束的全生命周期回收流程：收集污染/使用过的床，对材料进行消毒，直到再制造成更高质量的产品。通过 **Novus** 项目，ProjectBlu将开发一种新的革命性工艺，使该行业减少对进口的依赖，减少其对环境的影响，并加强英国家具制造业。

**ProjectBlu** is a UK-based SME operating in the pet accessory market, with state-of-the-art manufacturing capabilities and worldwide reach. ProjectBlu offer sustainable high quality and built-to-last dog beds/collars/leads made of recycled textiles/leather, discarded fishing nets and ocean-bound plastic. Drawing on their industry-leading furniture industry expertise, ProjectBlu has made its place on the market with a unique offering. Their award-winning products and their innovative mindset have shaken the sector's standards and highlighted the environmental impact that those products could have.Today, ProjectBlu wants to take their sustainable strategy to the next level by taking a cradle-to-cradle approach to dog beds production. In collaboration with the no.1 British pet supplies retailer **PetsatHome** and recycling subcontracting partner **The Furniture Recycling Group** (TFRG), mattress recycling company, they will test and validate a full life cycle recycling process from manufacturing to end-of-life: the collection of soiled/used beds, the sanitisation of the materials all the way to their remanufacturing into higher quality products. Through the **Novus** project, ProjectBlu will develop a new revolutionary process that will make the industry less reliant on imports, reduce its environmental impact, and strengthen the British furniture manufacturing sector.