Rubber scraps, textile waste, sawdust left over from furniture processing, all are transformed into raw materials for sound-absorbing panels that protect us from noise. An unseen problem that kills tens of thousands of people every year.
This is happening in Romania, in Cluj-Napoca. And the researcher who has achieved these transformations has obtained four patents.
Acoustic panels made from scraps could become the business of the future. If we take the step from research to business.