A British student has invented the world's first cardboard vacuum cleaner by using the recycled packaging of another model.

Jake Tyler, an industrial design student of Loughborough University, took the venture of developing the innovative machine 'ev' as his final-year degree project.

The product design team at cleaning giant Vax's headquarters in Worcestershire, where he worked for a year under the company's student placement scheme, helped him putting his thoughts into the act.
"I got the idea when we were looking at the manufacture of vacuum cleaners and thinking how to cut out as much waste as possible," said Tyler.

"It is about being environmentally conscious by using cardboard and making it as recyclable as we possibly can," he explained.

Now, Vax intends to put Tyler's innovative machine into production.

"I have really high hopes for the product, especially in Asian markets such as Hong Kong and China. It is very cheap to manufacture," the Daily Mail quoted the 22-year-old as saying.

"I've been given a job at Vax as well so I can see the production through to the end," he said.

The Vax ev is made from corrugated cardboard panels, which come as part of the packaging.

The parts of the machine, if damaged, can be replaced at a cost of 10th of the price of an equivalent plastic panel.

The machine is being displayed at the New Designers exhibition in London. (ANI)

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