A vacuum cleaner made largely from recycled caps from soda bottles and other, discarded vacuum cleaners. It recently went on sale in Friesland. The plastic processing company AKG developed the product in cooperation with Philips.
Household waste from the people of Friesland is used to produce the vacuum cleaner. For now, the device is only available in the Drachten region.
“It is not specifically intended for an environmentally conscious target group,” says Eelco Smit of Philips. “The product just has to be good quality and user-friendly.” The Eindhoven-based company is also working on a coffee maker made from recycled materials.
Fourth place
In the Netherlands, 51 percent of household waste is collected separately. This puts it in fourth place in Europe. Germany has the highest score at 65 percent, followed by Austria (62 percent) and Belgium (57 percent). The Dutch goal is to achieve a percentage of 60 to 65 this year.
According to calculations of Milieu Centraal it is theoretically possible to recycle 81 percent of household waste. (Source: NOS.nl)