Belgium.
A cycle path meets the water at eye level. Musical instruments travel with repair knowledge. Toys and textiles find routes into another life. Belgian examples connect an inviting experience with the work that sustains it.
Start with Resortecs Smart Disassembly.
Design the seam to come apart.
Heat-dissolvable sewing thread makes trims and mixed components easier to remove when a garment reaches repair, transformation or recycling.
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Old toys. A new place to sit.
Antwerp’s ecoBirdy turns discarded plastic toys into children’s furniture, keeping coloured fragments visible in the new material.
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Keep the music playable.
Donated instruments travel with a plan for repair skills and local support.
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Cycle with water at eye level.
A cycle route takes you through a pond with the water beside you at eye level.
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Make protection something people want to wear.
An earplug uses an acoustic channel and filter to reduce sound while retaining a designed listening experience.
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Give waste heat a more useful temperature.
A chemical heat-transformer cycle upgrades part of a low-grade waste-heat stream into useful process heat.
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