Lazzerini debuts recycled seat at Milan Design Week

Lazzerini has unveiled Re-Compact, a transport seat made entirely from recycled plastic, at Milan Design Week 2026. Developed with Nextchem, the seat is being shown at “The New State of Materials” exhibition curated by Materially, and is designed for public transport applications with a circular material flow in mind.

The recycled compound is produced using Nextchem’s NX Replast technology at the Bedizzole plant of subsidiary MyReplast Industries. Post-consumer plastic is purified and regenerated through mechanical upcycling into a technical polymer that Nextchem said offers performance comparable to virgin materials.

Lazzerini processes the compound into a seat built around engineering, ergonomics, and safety requirements. The company said the seat is designed to last and re-enter the production cycle for multi-cycle reuse. The seats are also treated with PURETI photocatalytic technology, which uses light to break down smog, bacteria, and pollutants.

Innocenzo Carbone, Chief Executive of Lazzerini, said: “Milano Design Week is where design meets people and generates new awareness. Bringing our Re-Compact seat here means showing how circularity can become form, function, and a design culture. It is not just about technological innovation, but about rethinking materials to rethink the future of transport and public spaces.”

The installation pairs the seat with plexiglass cubes containing NX Replast granules, showing the process from recycled feedstock to finished seat.

Source: Lazzerini