Kibu Wins Gold at the Better Future Awards for Circular Economy

We've got some wonderful news to share! Kibu has won the Gold Award in the NEXT Futures - Circular Economy category at the Better Future Awards. This recognition means so much to us, and we wanted to tell you all about it.

What Are the Better Future Awards?

The Better Future Awards celebrate products and projects that are making a real difference to our planet. They shine a spotlight on designs that think carefully about the world we're leaving for the next generation. Winning Gold in the Circular Economy category means Kibu has been recognised for creating something that doesn't just work brilliantly—it works brilliantly for the Earth too.

Why Kibu Won

The judges loved how Kibu headphones turn the usual story of technology on its head. Most gadgets are made to be thrown away when they break or when something newer comes along. Kibu is different. Our headphones are made to be built, rebuilt, fixed, and even recycled when they've had a good, long life.

Here's what made Kibu stand out:

Designed for Little Hands to Build and Fix Kibu headphones snap together without any glue or tricky tools. Children can put them together themselves, learn how they work inside, and fix them when something goes wrong. It's technology that invites curiosity rather than hiding behind sealed cases.

Made from Materials That Care Over 70% of Kibu is 3D-printed from recycled plastic that comes from things like old food packaging. When your headphones eventually reach the end of their journey, they can be turned into something new again.

Made Close to Home Working with our brilliant partners at Batch.Works, we make Kibu headphones locally and only when they're needed. This means less waste, shorter journeys, and a much lighter footprint on the planet.

More Than Just Headphones

What makes us proudest is that Kibu isn't just about listening to music or audiobooks. It's about helping children understand where things come from and where they go. When you build something with your own hands, you start to see it differently. You care about it more. You want to look after it.

This is the kind of thinking the Better Future Awards wanted to celebrate—products that help all of us, especially children, understand that we can make choices that are kinder to our world.

Thank You for Being Part of This

This award belongs to every family who has chosen Kibu, every child who has clicked those parts together, and every parent who believes that small choices add up to big changes. You're all part of building a better future.

If you'd like to learn more about how Kibu works, visit our sustainability page or take a look at the full award entry.

And if you're ready to bring a bit of that award-winning circular thinking into your home, you can find our headphones in the shop.

Here's to making things that last, fixing things that break, and teaching the next generation that technology and nature can work hand in hand.