I took apart an old and broken radio because I was wondering how its constructed and if it would be possible to fix

I found that the whole radio was not broken, just specific parts. I realised that we throw away the whole electronic device when something breaks, but there are many components which are perfectly reusable.

I am aware that much has been done in this field to date with the increase in awareness of the harm our waste is doing to the planet, but I wanted to see for myself what exactly we were throwing away when we got rid of the old radio.

I found speakers, a working LED screen and an LED bulb.

Recent projects which adress this issue specifically are.

Dave Hakkens with Phone blocks (and project Ara) and Precious plastic.

This is one potential starting point for my third year project and would allow me to take things apart, and get involved in the discussion about the human production of waste. I could relate this to how we design things with the full lifecycle of an object or artefact into account, from concept to throwing it away at the end of its use.

Closed loops

Cradle to cradle