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Garbage Handmade – HK

This is a respirator. It is one of the many items that Hong Kong-based children’s game designer Fong Yik-hang has made since 2016. He promotes the creation of objects through upcycling on a Facebook page called Garbage Handmade – HK.Link to his Facebook and Wordpress

Fong Yik-hang’s mission is to share creative upcycle designs that can turn materials derived from discarded detergent bottles, sandwich boxes, milk cartons, plastic bottles, aluminum drink cans and flour bags into durable products. His work became even more relevant during the COVID pandemic that saw the emergence of an unprecedented quantity of single-use protection gear.