This little Volkswagon is made of 100% recycled materials ... and you'll never guess the main material .... thongs (flip flops) ... amazing but true.
This VW is everything a car should be ... good fun ... helps clean up the environment ... provides employment ...
- Body made from recycled thongs that wash up on the coastline of Kenya;
- Windows made from recycled plastic Sprite bottles
- Approx. 12cm x 8cm
UniquEco is an environmentally friendly and fair trade business in Nairobi, Kenya. Their focus is on protecting the marine eco-system and natural beauty of Africa's beaches by ridding them of the thousands and thousands of thongs that wash up on the shoreline.
UniquEco employs skilled carvers for many of their creations .. thus providing an alternative employment to wood carving.