Friday, 7 October 2011

Task 2 - YouTube Video Search


What's Cooking? - Sustainable Packaging



Design to satisfy real needs as opposed to transient, fashionable or market-driven needs.
The real needs here are to not add to landfill anything that can't decompose and to be a renewable resource that can be reused and degraded without harming the environment.

Design to enable the separation of components of the product/material or service product at the end of life in order to encourage recycling or reuse of materials and/or components.
The items are biodegradable as they are made from natural substances such as corn, so it doesn't matter if it is put into landfill as it will break down into the earth.

Design to exclude the use of substances toxic or hazardous to human and other forms of life at all stages of the product/material/service product's life cycle.
Made from a natural substance, not harmful to humans with contact to food and breaks down when at the end of its life.

Design to engender maximum benefits to the intended audience and to educate the client and the user and thereby create a more equable future.

Design to exclude innovation lethargy by re-examining original assumptions behind existing concepts and products/materials/service products.
Space saving elements in lowing the amount of packaging, and it would be educating the client into new ways of how to look at the design of how to contain a product in the safe and little as possible packaging that will not harm the environment.

Design to foster debate and challenge the status quo surrounding existing products/materials/ service products.
Bottles of water or pop can use glass which is a renewable resource, environmentally friendly and can be recycled.
The problem is the finical aspect as it is shipping heavy glass, which takes up a lot of money on the fuel costs of transportation to go across the country.
The new product is PET plastic bottles that are recyclable, but is not a renewable resource or environmentally friendly as the ones that end up in landfill are impossible or not easy to break down.

Design to create more sustainable products/materials/service products for a more sustainable future.
PLA plastic from corn, sugar beat or smiler. These are being used by companies in crisp packets and salad containers. Even if many of these end up in landfill sites they will biodegrade quickly and course no harm to the environment.

We look for:

Renewability

Environmentally friendly
  • Harvesting the raw material
  • Manufacturing
  • Disposal
    • Landfill
    • Recycle
    • Compost

Financial feasibility
  • Cost effective to produce and sell


What the client looks for:

Consistent availability

Durability

Functionality

Cost

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