Recycling

Waste is one of the first modern products. Did it exist a few millennia ago? Raw materials do not get depleted; they just change their composition. One has to mine them elsewhere, often in a more accessible site, such as a local dump, or ‘catch’ them just before the dump. The challenge is to create the aura of the new while working with used materials, thus meeting the demand for alternative production. Sooner than you think, every day of the week will be a Freitag.

GUIYU IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST E-WASTE CENTRES OF THE WORLD ➝ FROM BEST DESIGN TO JUST DESIGN / TOMMI LAITIO


PHOTO: BERT VAN DIJK. MORE IMAGES OF GUIYU ➝ WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/ZILPHO/2994217039/

A LOT OF INTERNATIONAL BRANDED GADGETS END UP ILLEGALLY IN GUIYU


PHOTO: BERT VAN DIJK. MORE IMAGES OF GUIYU ➝ WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/ZILPHO/2994217039/

E-WASTE


PHOTO: BERT VAN DIJK. MORE IMAGES OF GUIYU ➝ WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/ZILPHO/2994217039/

THIS MAN DISASSEMBLES PLASTIC WASTE TO TRY TO RESELL IT


PHOTO: BERT VAN DIJK. MORE IMAGES OF GUIYU ➝ WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/ZILPHO/2994217039/

GEEK RECYCLING: LASER-ETCHED CIRCUIT BOARD CLOCK, BY JOE


COURTESY OF WWW.GEEKGEARSTORE.COM

EXPORTING BEER MINUS WASTE: HEINEKEN WOBO BOTTLE, 1963


COURTESY OF HEINEKEN INTERNATIONAL

WHY WASN’T WOBO SUCCESSFUL?


COURTESY OF HEINEKEN INTERNATIONAL

MIELE SPACE STATION, 2012 ARCHITECTEN


2012ARCHITECTEN, ROTTERDAM ➝ WWW.2012ARCHITECTEN.NL

MIELE SPACE STATION (DETAIL) ➝ FROM BEST DESIGN TO JUST DESIGN / TOMMI LAITIO


2012ARCHITECTEN, ROTTERDAM ➝ WWW.2012ARCHITECTEN.NL

FREITAG BAG FROM RECYCLED TRUCK TARPAULIN ➝ DIWAMS / PAULO HARTMANN


PHOTO: ROBAN KRAMER ➝ WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/ROBANHK

MAARTEN BAAS: A CRUEL WAY TO RECYCLE A RIETVELD ZIG ZAG CHAIR


WHERE THERE’S SMOKE…ZIG ZAG CHAIR (RIETVELD) WWW.MAARTENBAAS.COM , PHOTOGRAPHY: DANE JENSEN

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