ReManufactured Product Websites
As part of a 'remanufacturing' project funded by the NSW Community Waste Grants and
administered by the NSW EPA, we developed a line of new products to see what was possible
with reclaimed materials. We visited many websites to get a good sense of what other people
were up worldwide and what was being created from reused materials. Below is a list of some
of the products being remanufactured from discarded goods into completely new products.
These are mostly reused materials, in that they remain inherently the same ‘material-wise’. It
is only the function and the product that is recreated afresh. In most cases, though not all, the
material resource is not reprocessed (recycled) through a factory facility.
NB: The first three photos above were taken of Bower products by local photographer and reuse
jeweller artist Mike Buick.
Goods
Flat-packed self-assembly waste-paper bins and magazine racks made from large billboard
posters. From Goods of the Netherlands
Bedrock Tableware
Plates and platters made from textured glass light diffusers taken from government buildings
Vinylux
Designer Jeff Davis rescues scratched 33 rpm vinyl records and transforms them into functional
bowls and clocks.
Ekologic
Hats made from reclaimed woollen clothing
Motherboard
Transforms circuit boards from TV sets, audio components, phones and computers into new and
useful products. With more than 6 billion circuit boards manufactured in the U.S. last year,
Bevan and Weaver have plenty of raw material. Bevan estimates that Motherboard recycles
hundreds of thousands of pounds of discarded motherboards each year.
Imbenge
Zulu tribes people in Natal, South Africa, weave traditional baskets from untraditional material
-- recycled PVC-coated telephone wire.
Used Rubber USA
Wallets, bags, and planners are made from reclaimed inner tubes, a high-quality industrial
rubber. Mostly they use truck tubes. They also incorporate car, motorcycle, and bicycle tube
into some products. All of the rubber is post-consumer waste.
Urban Boomerang
Australian company offering bags made from reused rubber tubes and folders from old licence
plates
Cappellini
Coffee table made with terracotta flowerpots turned upside down and stacked with a glass-top.
From Italy.
Resource Revival
A group of designers creating new uses for discarded materials. They make everything by hand
in a Portland, Oregon, design studio where they recycle thousands of pounds of used bicycle,
car, and building parts every year.
Jims Junkyard
Jim Powers of Gage, Oklahoma creates Giant Insects, Life size Buffaloes. Elephants and
Dinosaurs made from the metal of scrapped cars.
Bonnie Meltzer
Pins cut from circuit boards, painted and then embellished with beads, computer discards and
other recycled objects.
John Dilbeck
Steel roses ‘that never wilt’, made out of old car body panels.
Zuss
Hand-made from re-used rubber. All clothing, hats and bags are one-of-a-kind Zuss Fashion
Designs.
Vulcana Rubber
Recycled Rubber Hand Bags and Shoulder Bags made of recycled tire rubber. The sheet rubber
used here is made from de-vulcanized tire rubber that has been reprocessed through a patent-
pending system into a thin, water proof sheet form that remains stretchy and highly durable
much like new rubber. Some reused rubber also some products.
Lizard
Recycled rubber bags by Vulcania suit all types of purposes and tastes. Made in Mexico City by
fair trade, these unique stylish bags are 100% recycled goods.
Close the Loop
Recycled vinyl records made into popcorn bowls and hearts.
Splaff
Make a recycled tire sole, used bicycle upper, chipped tire footbed. Natural also sports hemp
fabric trim (black is all rubber). NASA fabric enforced toe bar. No waste—all materials used in
manufacture are reused or recycled.
The Flat Bottle Company
Focus on the reuse and value adding of waste bottles. Squashed Clock, the Sushi Platter, and
the Gourmet Cheese Platter.
Recycled Tire Mats
USA company making safety non-slip rubber mats from machine shredded lengths of car tyres
Reel Furniture
Timber Furniture made from Cable Reels in the UK. Coffee Table style is GBP 275 and armrest
chair at GBP325. Also Bookcases made from shipping pallets for GBP 125. Self assembly using
bolts.
Reuze UK
A collection of sites on reuse activities in the UK. Has photos of other reuse products from
around the world including belts made from colourful computer data cables.