Vac from the sea

To raise public awareness about sea pollution, Electrolux launched the Vac From The Sea project, which aims at gathering plastic debris from vulnerable marine habitats for the production of a limited number of vacs.Ramsvik (Sweden) is one of the first sites where the company has started to collect plastic debris for its project. Each year, large amounts of debris drift ashore along the Swedish coasts. The bulk of the material is not biodegradable and made up to 80% of plastic, but also oil, chemical and medical waste and military items occur. The "Green" series of vacuums, manufactured by Electrolux, contains a 70% of recycled plastics but the company, also thanks to this project, aspires to produce items made up of 100% recycled plastic material.