This range of designer tiles is made from recycled eggshells

Eggshells are now being transformed into a range of designer tiles. Recovered shells are ground up, combined with a binding agent, and then hardened at room temperature to create the tiles. Photo: AFP

In a bid to reduce waste, artist Elaine Yan Ling Ng has come up with an original idea: collect thousands of eggshells to transform them into a range of designer tiles.

On the floor of your kitchen, on the walls of your shower or on the sides of your furniture...