Gomi, a UK company that builds sustainable chargers and other devices, has lauched a series of portable Bluetooth speakers manufactured from old Lime e-bike batteries. Part of the deal between Lime and Gomi states that 50,000 battery cells from 1,000 old e-bikes to build the Gomi Speaker with 20 hours of battery life. That is launching today on Kickstarter for £99 ($138).
These speakers are available in green, black, blue and a color called “birthday cake,” the speakers are built from 100 percent recycled plastic waste. “The sound quality and 20-hour battery life make the speakers perfect for indoors or outdoors and they come with a ‘repairs-for-life’ return service to ensure they never need to be thrown away unnecessarily,” the company said.
The recycled batterie is cleaned up and tested before being installed in the speakers, according to Lime. Cells are considered to be dead for the purpose of an e-bike when charge cycles fall below a certain level, but they can still powerless demanding personal electronics devices.
Like I said earlier, the Bluetooth speakers will go on sale on Kickstarter starting today. The usual caveats apply to any Kickstarter project (mainly, that you could lose all your money), but the speakers do appear to have solid backing from Gomi and Lime.
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