'Captivate' was designed so that one could use waste and turn it into an ambient light. Different bottle caps can be screwed on to change the colour and pattern of the light. Each light comes with fifty caps, but to cover the light completely more bottle caps can be collected.
Only 5.5% of plastic bottles sold in the UK are recycled, which leaves 40 thousand tonnes going into landfill each year. Bottle caps are not generally recycled as they are made from a different plastic to the bottle. This is how the idea for Captivate was born.
Artenius Packaging supply damaged plastic PET bottle performs, which are injection moulded bottles before they are blow moulded into their full shape. These are bottles which they could not recycle. In addition, West Ham United has been donating the bottle caps collected from each home game. These caps are removed from all bottles sold in their stadium, in order to prevent fans from using them as missiles.
The collected parts are sent to Watford Workshop for assembly. The Workshop is a registered charity, providing training and employment for people with disabilities.
Captivate is created by the British designer Lucy Norman.
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