The Bot Lifejacket Uses Plastic Bottles for Buoyancy
Laura McQuarrie — July 23, 2022 — Art & Design
References: dezeen
New design graduate Ewan Morrell created the Bot lifejacket and it's a solution for not just saving lives but also repurposing plastic waste. In response to rising sea levels and the fact that more than 19,000 children drown annually in Bangladesh (that's an average of 53 a day and those numbers are higher during flooding season) Morrell created a project for his final final-year project at Northumbria University.
To address this problem, the lifejacket was created with the intention of involving fast fashion companies that manufacture in the region; they would make and distribute the Bot lifejackets on a charitable basis using fabric waste.
The ingenious design uses plastic bottles, an abundant material, for buoyancy, and they only needed to be inserted into the device to support floatation.
To address this problem, the lifejacket was created with the intention of involving fast fashion companies that manufacture in the region; they would make and distribute the Bot lifejackets on a charitable basis using fabric waste.
The ingenious design uses plastic bottles, an abundant material, for buoyancy, and they only needed to be inserted into the device to support floatation.
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