Electrical conduit and socket housing made from recycled plastic, Cairo

Electrical conduit and socket housing made from recycled plastic by informal waste-collecting communities in Cairo, Egypt, 1980s.

This object is one of a range of items collected by Jon Vogler during the 1970s and 1980s. Vogler was an engineer and champion of recycling. His Wastesaver scheme, designed for Oxfam in West Yorkshire in 1974, enabled the separation of household waste for recycling, and later also facilitated the sorting and recycling of textiles. His company Interwaste consulted for Oxfam in the late 1970s and early 1980s, during which time he travelled widely conducting research that he hoped would help people in the global south to reclaim and repurpose so-called waste materials.

These items were created by individuals and communities in Cairo who make a living by collecting, recycling and repurposing the city’s waste. An Oxfam project worked with these communities to try to enhance their income generating activities through small-scale industrial processes.

Details

Category:
Environmental Science & Technology
Object Number:
1996-47
Materials:
plastic
type:
socket
credit:
J. A. Vogler / Interwaste

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Electrical socket housing made from recycled plastic, Cairo

Electrical socket housing made from recycled plastic, Cairo

Electrical socket housing made from recycled plastic by informal waste-collecting communities in Cairo, Egypt, 1980s.

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This object is one of a range of items collected by Jon Vogler during the 1970s and 1980s. Vogler was an engineer and champion of recycling. His Wastesaver scheme, designed for Oxfam in West Yorkshire in 1974, enabled the separation of household waste for recycling, and later also facilitated the sorting and recycling of textiles. His company Interwaste consulted for Oxfam in the late 1970s and early 1980s, during which time he travelled widely conducting research that he hoped would help people in the global south to reclaim and repurpose so-called waste materials.

These items were created by individuals and communities in Cairo who make a living by collecting, recycling and repurposing the city’s waste. An Oxfam project worked with these communities to try to enhance their income generating activities through small-scale industrial processes.

Materials:
plastic
Object Number:
1996-47/1
type:
sockets
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Electrical conduit made from recycled plastic, Cairo

Electrical conduit made from recycled plastic, Cairo

Electrical conduit made from recycled plastic by informal waste-collecting communities in Cairo, Egypt, 1980s.

More

This object is one of a range of items collected by Jon Vogler during the 1970s and 1980s. Vogler was an engineer and champion of recycling. His Wastesaver scheme, designed for Oxfam in West Yorkshire in 1974, enabled the separation of household waste for recycling, and later also facilitated the sorting and recycling of textiles. His company Interwaste consulted for Oxfam in the late 1970s and early 1980s, during which time he travelled widely conducting research that he hoped would help people in the global south to reclaim and repurpose so-called waste materials.

These items were created by individuals and communities in Cairo who make a living by collecting, recycling and repurposing the city’s waste. An Oxfam project worked with these communities to try to enhance their income generating activities through small-scale industrial processes.

Materials:
plastic
Object Number:
1996-47/2
type:
conduits
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum