Gomi Design

Gomi Design

Speakers and chargers made from waste plastic

What does this brand sell?

Speakers, and chargers

United Kingdom

Vegan/ vegetarian?
100% Vegan
Delivery
No details are available regarding delivery methods
Transportation mode
Unknown
Vegan / vegetarian
100% Vegan
Delivery
No details are available regarding delivery methods
Transportation Mode
Unknown

Does this brand offset carbon emissions and/or implement circular business practices?

They do not mention circularity or carbon emission offset. However, if something is broken they will fix it, and if it’s at the end-of-life, they will buy it back from you and recycle each component.

About The Company

Get the ins and outs

Gomi reshapes the way we think about waste and transforms plastic waste into stylish electronics, such as bluetooth portable speakers, portable chargers, and wireless magnetic chargers to charge your wireless-charging enabled devices (both Apple and Android products). Each product is 100% made from recycled, discarded materials and is completely unique in terms of colour. They offer a repair-for-life return service and take your product back at the end of its life, therefore working towards a circular economy.

They are passionate about turning valueless waste into long-living circular products people will love for generations.

No information has been found on the achieved sustainable milestones.

No information has been found on their future plans.

Best Responsible Innovation Award – Milan Design Week 2021.

Product details

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Delivery To* (Website)

Europe

Subscription

This brand does not offer a subscription programme.

Store locator

There is no physical shop available.

Delivery To* (Website)

Europe

Packaging/packaging materials

The product is wrapped in non-bleached kraft paper which is recyclable.

Donations / partnerships

No information has been found on any partnerships

Subscription

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Materials

Speakers made from plastic bags, powered by repurposed e-bike batteries

Fully sourced and manufactured in Europe?

Yes

Certifications

No information has been found on certifications.

Materials

Speakers made from plastic bags, powered by repurposed e-bike batteries

Fully sourced and manufactured in Europe?

Yes

Packaging/packaging materials

The product is wrapped in non-bleached kraft paper which is recyclable.

Donations / partnerships

No information has been found on any partnerships

Certifications

No information has been found on certifications.

in depth production details

Analyze their supply chain: from the sourcing of raw materials to the people who make the product

Plastic bags – those that are not accepted by the city councils in the UK for recycling

Portable Bluetooth Speaker = GBP 380.00

Powerbank = GBP 99.00

The powerbank produde over 50% fewer CO2 emissions than comparable power banks.

To produce one Gomi speaker, 9.06kg of CO2e are produced. This is 50.4% less than  estimates of a market leading equivalent speaker of same category of size and weight.

 

The Gomi speaker also needs less energy (-26%) and less water (-25%) to produce than their competitor’s speaker (Compared to Sony SRS-XB33)

The Gomi speaker also needs less water (-25%) to produce than their competitor’s speaker (Compared to Sony SRS-XB33)

No information on this is provided by the brand.

Gomi designs products that aim to rethink waste and clean up the planet, and each portable speakers is made from 100 waste plastic bags, and are powered by repurposed batteries from damaged e-bikes. When there is something wrong with the speakers, there is a repair-for-life return service. At the end of life of the products, Gomi will buy the products back and recycle all components.

Moreover, the products are packaged in 100% recycled non-bleached Kraft paper.

Soy ink is used for printing on their packaging.

They provide local creative people with job opportunities to create the products. Workers are being paid above minimum wage.

 

 

Further reading

No more information regarding sustainability reports, life cycle analyses or impact reports is available.

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