Dutch Company Creates Urban Bike Made with Recycled Trash

The highly anticipated urban bicycle made of 90 percent recycled plastic waste by igur and MTRL is expected to roll out late this year.

The project was inspired by a trip to Florida where the CEO of the motion plastics company igus was shocked by the short lifespan of standard urban bicycles due to corrosion. Each igur:bike, as the invention has been coined, is created with roughly 35 pounds of plastic waste and is expected to cost near $1,500. The bike is created with longevity in mind.

Its inventors mark this as a triumphant step towards the goal of a corrosion-free bicycle made of 100 percent recycled plastic.

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