Children's Kibu Headphones are recyclable and repairable 

Kibu Headphone

The important universe of circular design is introduced with these reversible kid's headphones. The Kibu Headphones were created by Morrama and Batch.Works as a technological and pedagogical aid. 

Morrama, a renowned industrial design and innovation agency with headquarters in London, has created the headphones. 

The Kibu headphones were created in collaboration with Batch.Works, experts in circular manufacturing, to show that consumer electronics don't have to be disposable.

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Each Kibu component has a straightforward, modular construction that is meant to be put together and personalised by kids and is easily replaceable or recyclable.

 Batch.Works is a unique low-volume manufacturing service dedicated to re-manufacturing, rejuvenating, disassembling, or recycling things at the end of their useful lives.

 It builds products on demand using only circular materials, which are 100% certified recycled. 

The plastic parts of Kibu are manufactured from recycled PLA, which is created from used agricultural packaging and is available in a variety of colours.

 The packaging was developed by Studio Don, who also created the branding, and it is completely recyclable by nature. The entire concept is playful and uncomplicated. 

The headphones themselves have a soft thermoplastic polyurethane headband and foam ear cups and are connected to reduce circuitry and complexity. 

According to Jo Barnard, founder and creative director of Morrama, "We hope to set the next generation on a path to better understanding and appreciating the objects they use and interact with and do so in a playful and engaging way."

When the headphones are no longer needed, Batch.Works will collect them and recycle the resources to produce new ones. Even the circuit boards are made to be easily disassembled in order to retrieve precious metals.

 According to Milo McLoughlin-Greening, partner and head of R&D at Batch.Works, "Kibu introduces the principles of [repair and recycling] to younger generations, whom we hope will grow up to think of them as normal."

 Everyone participating in the project hopes that the Kibu name will eventually appear on additional products.