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What if a car was made entirely out of waste? Meet Luca. A car made by the students from the Eindhoven University of Technology, made entirely out of waste. 🤯 👉 It is not only used PET bottles and household waste, but also plastic recovered from the oceans, horse hair, coconut fibres and flax. 👉 Luca’s chassis is made out of flax and recycled plastics, of which the plastic is taken straight from the ocean. 👉Also, the body, finish, windows and interior are made out of recycled materials like PET-bottles, ABS and even refined household waste. The implementation of waste, however, does not end there. 👉 For example, the body of the car is made out of recycled ABS, a hard plastic used in lots of consumer products, like toys, televisions and kitchen products. 👉 The car gets its yellow color because of a wrap, a colored foil, instead of a paint job. This foil can be removed without leaving any residues. 👉 This leaves a clean plastic that requires little to no refinement in its recycling stream. 👉 The side and rear windows are also made out of recycled materials. The recycling process gives the windows a luxurious, black tint. Sustainability can be anything but boring. 22 students worked on the project for a year and a half. They wanted to show the car industry that waste can actually serve as a new raw material. 💁♂ It is relevant - because European car manufacturers consume more than one million tonnes of plastic a year. 👉 The car reaches a top speed of 90 kilometers per hour and a range of 220 kilometers. 👉 Besides the efficiency provided through its electric drive train, a great deal of Luca’s efficiency comes from its lightweight construction: the car only weighs 360 kg without batteries. That is more than half of the weight of comparable cars. 👉 Besides, this the car only requires a total of 60 kg of batteries, which in comparison to the hundreds of kilograms for other electric cars, stands as another attribute to its resourceful design. Such a car made from waste will not be in the showroom tomorrow, but is surely very inspiring for the industry. What do you think of this innovation? Leave a comment. 👇 ________ For the latest from the world of sustainability, consider subscribing to my (almost everyday) newsletter: sustain.cerclex.com