“To avoid destroying our planet, we need to start figuring out how to reuse the things we already have…” said Steve Tidball, co-founder of Vollebak. “What if electronic waste weren’t rubbish? What if they were simply pre-assembled raw materials that we can use to make new things?"

Over the years, Vollebak company has been increasingly concerned about how clothes and accessories will be treated at the end of their life cycle; this is how the idea of the Garbage Watch was born. A wristwatch made using only what has been recovered from electronic waste (referred to as WEEE: Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment), designed by brothers designers Steve and Nick Tidball, founders of Vollebak...