Electrolux Green Range Vacuum Cleaners: Vac from the Sea

Electrolux wanted to make vacuum cleaners from 100% recycled plastic, but could only manage 70% because of a worldwide shortage of recycled plastic.

Electrolux Green Range Vacuum Cleaners: Vac from the Sea

Agency: PrimeClient: ElectroluxProduct: Green range vacuum cleaners

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(Figure 1): Image from the Vac from the Sea PR campaign

Home appliance maker Electrolux has a goal to produce vacuum cleaners made from 100% recycled plastic. This goal is difficult to achieve, due to a worldwide shortage of recycled plastic. When Electrolux launched a new line of vacuum cleaners made from 70% recycled plastic – the Green Range – they wanted to make a distinct connection between a cleaner home and a cleaner world.

Electrolux had identified...

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