Made to be Re-made is a collaboration project with Stena Recycling and Electrolux to design and produce a vacuum cleaner that is “made to be re-made”. The aim for this project has been to make a recyclable vacuum cleaner from 100% recycled plastic and recycled components. The next step will be to look at what more can be achieved in the design phase - by designing for recycling. 

Electrolux entered in a partnership with Stena Recycling to produce recyclable vacuum cleaners.

The first concrete result is the made-to-be-remade vacuum cleaner made of 100 % recycled plastic and reused components from electronic consumer products. Materials and components are directly from the recycling facility Stena Nordic Recycling Center in Halmstad. The recycled plastic is very high quality, and most of the components taken from discarded electrical appliances have a long service life left and therefore, components like cord reels and indicators for vacuum cleaner bags can be reused. Since the collaboration had every partner involved from beginning of life for a product to end- of- life, it was possible to map out the entire value-chain and then now also spend time researching further how they can make the product more recyclable.   

* The entire vacuum cleaner housing is made of recycled material and recycled parts. Hose, pipe and nozzle are produced from raw materials. In the further work, it will be a task to look at the possibility of reusing these parts as well.