Samples of different materials from recycling sorting machines

Samples of different materials from recycling sorting machines, possibly at Warren Spring Laboratory, Stevenage, UK, 1970-1990.

These objects are amongst 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.

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Category:
Environmental Science & Technology
Object Number:
1996-59
type:
samples
credit:
J. A. Vogler / Interwaste

Parts

Glass fragments, obtained from recycling sorting machines

Glass fragments, obtained from recycling sorting machines

Glass fragments, obtained from recycling sorting machines, possibly at Warren Spring Laboratory, Stevenage, UK, 1970-1990.

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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.

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
1996-59/1
type:
glass
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Fragments of glass, metal and minerals from recycling sorting machines

Fragments of glass, metal and minerals from recycling sorting machines

Fragments of glass, metal and minerals from recycling sorting machines, possibly at Warren Spring Laboratory, Stevenage, UK, 1970-1990.

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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.

Materials:
glass and metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1996-59/2
type:
fragments
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Fragments of green, brown, clear and blue glass from recycling sorting machines

Fragments of green, brown, clear and blue glass from recycling sorting machines

Fragments of green, brown, clear and blue glass from recycling sorting machines, possibly at Warren Spring Laboratory, Stevenage, UK, 1970-1990.

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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.

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
1996-59/3
type:
glass
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Fragments of minerals from recycling sorting machines

Fragments of minerals from recycling sorting machines

Fragments of minerals from recycling sorting machines, possibly at Warren Spring Laboratory, Stevenage, UK, 1970-1990.

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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.

Materials:
mineral (unspecified)
Object Number:
1996-59/4
type:
mineral
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Fragments of mineral from recycling sorting machines

Fragments of mineral from recycling sorting machines

Fragments of mineral from recycling sorting machines, possibly at Warren Spring Laboratory, Stevenage, UK, 1970-1990.

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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.

Materials:
mineral (unspecified)
Object Number:
1996-59/5
type:
mineral
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Fragments of material from recycling sorting machines

Fragments of material from recycling sorting machines

Fragments of material from recycling sorting machines, possibly at Warren Spring Laboratory, Stevenage, UK, 1970-1990.

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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.

Object Number:
1996-59/6
type:
fragments
Fragments of aluminium from recycling sorting machines

Fragments of aluminium from recycling sorting machines

Fragments of aluminium from recycling sorting machines, possibly at Warren Spring Laboratory, Stevenage, UK, 1970-1990.

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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.

Materials:
aluminium (metal)
Object Number:
1996-59/7
type:
aluminum
Fragments of aluminium from recycling sorting machines

Fragments of aluminium from recycling sorting machines

Fragments of aluminium from recycling sorting machines, possibly at Warren Spring Laboratory, Stevenage, UK, 1970-1990.

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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.

Materials:
aluminium (metal)
Object Number:
1996-59/8
type:
aluminum