Mandalaki Studio teamed up with Italian car company Estrima to design the "first" electric concept car made from 80 per cent recycled plastics.
The Biro? O2 car was presented at the Rossana Orlandi Gallery during Milan design week, as part of the gallerist's Ro Plastic Prize that invited designers to develop new ways of recycling and reusing plastic.
According to its creators, the O2 model is an electric car made with a higher percentage of recycled plastic than any other vehicle on the market.
The O2 concept is based on the original Birò car ? a fully electric vehicle designed for commuting in the city, which is compact enough to be parked in scooter spaces and features a removable battery.

After discovering the large amount of waste left by road maintenance, such as cones and signboards, Mandalaki began working with suppliers to see which of these elements they could recycle. These plastic waste elements were ground into a fine powder and put through a rotational moulding process to form the structural parts of the vehicle, including the front and rear components and the rear hatch.
All other elements of the car, such as the seats, the tachometer, steering wheel and doors, have been produced from various types of non-recycled plastic, chiefly thermo-formed PVC.

The exterior recycled plastic panels boast a computer-generated pattern comprising blue flecks, inspired by the motion of the wind and ocean in a bid to represent "the vital flow of our plan...