CLEVER: FROM CHARGING-BOX PLASTIC TO INTERIOR APPLICATIONS

Client: Clever
Focus: Closed-loop Partnerships | Technical Plastic Waste | Circular Design

SMALLrevolution, in collaboration with Clever and Råt&Godt, has developed a closed-loop pathway for plastic from Clever charging boxes.

As EV infrastructure scales across Denmark, so does the volume of technical plastic hardware entering the waste stream.

Rather than treating this material as a discarded component, the collaboration works with it as a recoverable resource with a known source.

OBJECTIVE

The objective was to determine how plastic from Clever charging boxes could be:

• Collected through a dedicated take-back setup
• Sorted and prepared as a controlled material stream
• Reprocessed locally in Denmark
• Reintroduced into new interior applications

This required moving beyond general recycling and into a traceable, application-driven material system.

METHODOLOGY

Collection
Plastic from Clever charging boxes collected through a dedicated take-back setup

Sorting
Material sorted in collaboration with Råt&Godt

Transformation
Plastic reprocessed locally in Denmark

Production
Material transformed into new interior applications produced by SMALLrevolution

RESULTS

The Clever material stream has been applied in:

• ID card holders
• Baby Donna vase
• Jane planters
• Sigrid 90 Podium
• Mabel stool

For architects and designers, this is where circularity becomes tangible: a waste stream with a known source is transformed into material that can be applied in real projects.

The collaboration demonstrates how technical plastic from existing infrastructure can be reintegrated into the value chain as a secondary raw material.

It reduces the need for virgin plastic and supports a more local, resource-efficient production model.