Overview

Coralite is a solid, strong, and lightweight material made from 100% restructured EPS foam (Styrofoam). There are 10.26 million tons of EPS foam produced each year used in packaging, construction, food containers, and more. Although very inexpensive and easy to mold, this foam is incredibly toxic. When disposed of, it breaks down into smaller pieces and makes its way from our landfills to our oceans where it will be ingested by wildlife and leak contaminants for well over 500 years. At Coralite, we take this toxic waste stream and transform it into a performance secondary material in a low-carbon and zero heat process. Not only is the resulting material aesthetic, strong, and lightweight but Coralite also has the potential to be completely circular. Unlike other waste based materials like MDF, we use no toxic binders and therefore create a solid material that it 100% homogenous. That means that our Coralite material can be made back into itself, EPS foam, or any other polystyrene product and thus close the loop for EPS waste. We see Coralite as a circular replacement for a wide variety of current furniture, construction, and consumer product applications.