Plastic rubbish: hidden beauty

Abstract

This article seeks to present the final project grade held to obtain the title as an industrial designer at the University Catolica de Pereira.

In this article we will find a whole study of recycling of cables (wires) power from your collection, process processing, smelting and product application. All this in oder to show how through eco-design could help the environment with simple processes, appropriate technology and the most important raw material used is wasted with ill-treatment.

For this project we studied different design issues such as strategies for the collection of cables, the use a machine for stripping cable and remove the PVC plastic fibers, the application of appropriate technology, analysis of concepts and typologies all prerequisite study for the project.