The Vac From The Sea is a concept by Electrolux to create vacuum cleaners from recycled plastic. Rather than using any old plastic they specifically wish to create vacuums from the plastic they will be gathering from the sea, either from floating plastic expanses or from shore lines.
Tag: recycled materials
Recycled Circuit Board Credit Card Holder
This features a circuit board for both covers. The covers help to protect the cards while they are in a bag or pocket, stopping them from being bent or broken. This card holder should appeal to anyone with an interest in technology, computing or recycling.
Recycle your Floppy Disks – Floppy Disk Plant Pot
The Floppy Disk Planter is an effective way to make use of any unwanted floppy disks you have lying around. This home project gives full instructions on how to construct the planter, helping you to recycle these now obsolete items into something that is both useful and decorative.
Circuit Board Business Card Holder
The by Revolve has been mostly constructed from a discarded printed circuit board. This card holder will appeal to those in the computing industry, those with a passion about computing and to those who support recycling.
Universal Cardboard-based Packaging System Concept
The Universal Packaging System allows you to pack objects that have an odd shape effectively and help you to have the right sized box on hand at all times. The system comes as a flat sheet that due to its construction can be formed into a range of different shapes.
Recycled Circuit Board Wall Clock
The by Revolve has been constructed from discarded printed circuit boards. This is a modern looking clock that any technology geek will appreciate which gives a purpose to materials that would otherwise be discarded to landfill.
Recycled Jacket Featuring ‘Tux’ The Linux Penguin
This is made from recycled materials. Featuring ‘Tux’ the linux penguin used as the logo for Linux it is bound to appeal to all open source eco enthusiasts.
Sprint launches Samsung Reclaim – Bio-plastic Phone
Sprint and Samsung have launched a new eco-friendly mobile phone that’s made from eco-friendly bio-plastic materials, of which 80% are recyclable. The Reclaim is a full-featured mobile phone costing less than $50 with a two year contract. The bio-plastic material makes up 40% of the Reclaim’s casing, and is made from corn.
Simple Drive – 1TB Eco-Friendly External Hard Drive
External hard drives are really common now, and with eco-friendly hard drives coming on to the market with lower power consumption, it’s great to see an external hard drive with an eco-friendly design. The Simple Drive was designed by Anne Dickhoff in a recent design competition. The Simple Drive is made from recyclable plastic, and...
AltusLumen PAD-L Led Light
AltusLumen have released a new portable PAD-L LED torch gadget, which is the brother to their TRI-L Contemporary Personal Light. The PAD-L adds a few more features that makes it more usable, including adding weatherproofing, adjustable light output, integral 360 degree hinge and user replaceable 4xAAA batteries.