From Left to right: The North Sea Edition, The Indian Ocean Edition, The Mediterranean Sea Edition, The Pacific Ocean Edition, The Baltic Sea Edition, Green Range Ultra One. Electrolux Vac from the Sea
From Left to right: The North Sea Edition, The Indian Ocean Edition, The Mediterranean Sea Edition, The Pacific Ocean Edition, The Baltic Sea Edition. Electrolux Vac from the Sea
Vac from the Sea - Baltic Edition Collection site: Sandhamn, Sweden. Gdansk, Poland. Ragaciems, Klapkalnciems, Latvia Method: Coastal cleanups with locals. Partners: Islanders, Sandhamn, Sweden. The Hel Marine Station, Słupsk Elementary School, Poland. Pedas, Latvia. For the Baltic Sea Edition concept vacuum cleaner, plastic was collected from three different sites in Poland, Sweden and Latvia. In Sweden, special Vac from the Sea-envelopes were distributed to people in the small harbor of Sandhamn in the Stockholm archipelago. The envelopes were stuffed with bech litter and then sent to Electrolux.
Electrolux Green Range. Green vacuum cleaners are the hybrid cars of the home – yet not many people are aware that a green home upgrade is possible in our living rooms as well as our garages. At the moment, Electrolux is able to manufacture Green Range vacuum cleaners made from 70% recycled plastics. The aim is to reach 100%, for cleaner homes and a cleaner world.
Vac from the Sea - Indian Ocean Edition Collection site: Phi Phi Islands, Thailand Method: Coral reef diving Partners: Blue View Divers The plastic from Thailand were collected from both beaches and the underwater seabed. It consisted largely of fishing gear such as nets and plastic ropes. The divers had to cut the nets and plastic bags loose from the staghorn coral reef. There were also large chunks of styrofoam drifting in the waters and large amounts of household garbage, plastic bags, buckets, drink bottles and detergent containers. The collected plastic were split in a shredder into thin strips. The white and colored plastic strips were then mounted in a pattern that covers the entire top and the hub caps on the vacuum cleaner.
Vac from the Sea - Mediterranean Edition Collection site: St Cyr-sur-Mer, France Method: Beach clean-up Partners: Surfrider Foundation Most of the plastic from St Cyr-sur-Mer was composed of plastic objects thrown or washed out to sea from the great beaches. PET-bottles, food containers, beverage cans and beach toys. Tourism provides the Mediterranean Sea with tons of plastic on a daily basis. Most of it remains in the sea for ever because of plastics slow degradation. The plastic from Marseille were cut into heartshaped pieces and then attached to a thin shell of industrially recycled plastic. In order to form the plastic close to the vacuum cleaner the designers used hot air.
Vac from the Sea - North Sea Edition Collection site: Skagerrak, Sweden Method: Coastal cleanup Partners: Sotenäs Municipality The plastic that was collected on the Bohuslän beaches in Sweden consisted largely of various rinse aid and detergent bottles, cans, plastic buckets, and all kinds of plastic packaging. The plastic has not been bleached in the same way as in the great oceans. It is still loud and strong in color. A lot of the found plastic was also drenched in spill oil. The plastic was washed clean and cut in pieces. The bright colored pieces were then punched into circular tokens. The circular tokens were then applied onto a fiberglass weave, moulded after the shape of the vacuum cleaner.
Vac from the Sea - Pacific Edition Collection site: Hawaii, USA Method: Beach cleanup Partners: B.E.A.C.H. The plastic from the Pacific Ocean was different from the other collection sites. The plastic had been bleached by the sun and corroded by salt water. Red/dark objects often attracts birds, fish and other sea-animals when they think they are food. The plastic that is left in the sea and that washes up on beaches is usually blue, green or white. Some of the found objects were covered with barnacles and annelid worms. Other objects had traces of bite marks from sharks. The concept vacuum cleaner is made of the drifting plastic grain that fills our oceans. These plastic debris is dangerous because it can easily be swallowed by fish and continue through the whole food chain to both animals and humans.
Electrolux Marine debris from the Pacific Ocean
Electrolux Green Range Concept Vac
