Built-to-Object: What A Waste!
Built-to-Object (BTO) is an exploration on how value can be created from local waste by embedding circular material recycling loops in our public housing waste ecosystem.
Playing on the colloquial acronym "BTO" (Build-To-Order). With public housing sites as the first point of study, the team sought to understand how we can better manage and process waste as a society to achieve a more sustainable Singapore.
The BTO team explores a circular recycling service where users gain full transparency of their recyclables’ journey. The collected feedstock is then processed to create new products and services to enable cradle-to-cradle product life cycles through customisation, upgrades, and repairs.
For its debut, Built-to-Object partners with NOK (NextOfKin Creatives) to breathe new life into recycled plastics, transforming waste into a contemporary range of lifestyle and home furnishing products. Come and explore the potential of everyday recycled materials, and embrace new expressions of sustainable living and consumption.
The project is proudly supported by the Good Design Research initiative by the DesignSingapore Council.
Visit www.instagram.com/built.to.object to know more about the Built-to-Object project.