{"id":62764,"date":"2016-06-14T11:51:44","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T09:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e52.nl\/?p=62764"},"modified":"2016-06-14T11:51:44","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T09:50:26","slug":"timmy-de-vos-use-arcade-games-to-put-focus-on-recycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/timmy-de-vos-use-arcade-games-to-put-focus-on-recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Timmy De Vos: &#8216;Use Arcade Games To Put Focus On Recycling&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2008, the then 20-year old Timmy de Vos- went to Nicaragua. There he saw other Europeans working together with locals in setting up projects with a focus on durabillity. It inspired him to start his own projects. By now, that has led to de Vos creating the E-Waste Race and working together with a designer to build an arcade game, working on old mobile phones in stead of coins.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-14-at-13.12.58.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-62773\" src=\"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2016-06-14-at-13.12.58.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-06-14 at 13.12.58\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/timmy-de-vos-72452722\">He<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0a\u00a0Zeeuwse Eindhovenaar who studied at TU\/e. His companion is an Design Academy Alumnus:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jorispetterson.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joris Petterson<\/a>. Together they built the trash-powered arcades, a product of Eindhoven. &#8220;The city has plenty of options to set up a project like this. A designer like Joris is here because of the Design Academy, I came to Eindhoven because of TU\/e, furthermore, our ideas have been accepted and pushed forward by the city of Eindhoven and primary schools have implemented our projects. It&#8217;s easy to work here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_62759\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62759\" style=\"width: 257px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/arcade-recycle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-62759\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.ioplus.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/arcade-recycle-200x300.png\" alt=\"E\u00e9n van de arcadekasten van de Vos en Petterson.\" width=\"257\" height=\"386\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">E\u00e9n van de arcadekasten van de Vos en Petterson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The duo&#8217;s first <a href=\"http:\/\/ewastearcades.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\">arcade <\/a>has been finished.\u00a0&#8220;It works like this: Where a user usually would insert a coin, now they insert an old mobile phone. The phone drops, and the game starts. After this, we would like to do the same, but this time with empty batteries&#8221;, says\u00a0de Vos. At the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ddw.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dutch Design Week<\/a> in October, three more arcades have to be finished and by the end of 2016 De Vos would like to deliver ten more to different Primary Schools in the city.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want people to learn by playing that being durable is important.&#8221;\u00a0De Vos focuses on a young group, who then, in effect, pass the message to an older group. With his second project: the<a href=\"http:\/\/ewasterace.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0E-Waste Race<\/a>, ten primary schools compete to gather the most electronical waste.\u00a0&#8220;Only a third of all electric garbage gets recycled properly, most of it, like empty batteries, remains in a half-empty drawer or closet somewhere. By stimulating children on a primary school, I hope I&#8217;m raising awareness which will help them in recycling their electric waste and hopefully they pass on the message to their parents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the future, De Vos hopes to expand the E-waste Race outside of Dutch schools. &#8220;If we could expand to two new European countries in the next two years I would be satisfied. Maybe, after that we could even expand across the ocean.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>De Vos was one of the speakers at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/2ndfriday.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\">2nd Friday<\/a> in the\u00a0Conference Center at\u00a0High Tech Campus in Eindhoven.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2008, the then 20-year old Timmy de Vos- went to Nicaragua. There he saw other Europeans working together with locals in setting up projects with a focus on durabillity. It inspired him to start his own projects. 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