PLASTIC BOTTLE RECYCLING
DATE
SETP.2019
TEAM MENBER
XINGYUE GUO
CONCEPT
Plastic products play an indispensable role in people's lives. The production of plastic products has increased significantly year by year. Marine ecology is also threatened by plastics and brings about the decay of the entire environmental life cycle.
RESEARCH
The proportion of poorly managed plastic waste globally is projected to be 25.79 per cent in 2025
85 per cent of poorly managed plastic waste in 2010
27.7 per cent of global poorly managed waste in 2010
0.48kg of plastic waste per capita in 2010
59.08 million tonnes of plastic waste generated in 2010
Plastic waste enters the ecological cycle
The plastic waste has increased dramatically, and the recycling mechanism is imperfect, leading to the flow of rivers and oceans into the ecological circulation system. On October 22, 2018, at the European Gastroenterology Conference in Vienna, researchers announced that they are a small part of the world. Microplastic components were detected in each of the subject's stool samples.
Plastic waste against marine life
Due to improper handling of plastic waste and difficulty in degradation, most of the influx of rivers and oceans, the original marine ecosystem, has caused enormous damage to marine life. Many marine organisms use plastic waste as food, and plastic waste and plastic particles begin to appear in the body, causing gastrointestinal damage and death.
Analysis:
I expect to strengthen the publicity of the destruction of marine ecology by plastic pollution and raise people’s awareness of plastic recycling.
I expect to design a plastic bottle recycling machine so that people can participate in the Marine environment action.
DESIGN
The existing mature case uses the deposit system. The plastic bottle itself has value. After purchasing the plastic drink, the corresponding recycling machine can redeem the deposit of the plastic bottle.
The existing deposit form allows people to participate in the recycling of plastic bottles, but I hope that in a more meaningful way, the recycling of plastic bottles can be involved in artistic creation through the collection of plastic bottles again and again. Ultimately, we will get an environmental protection cup in the form of an ecological protection commemoration. Users can also play the role of environmental protection publicity while using this cup.
Reflection and promotion
Question: The user will give up participating in the recycling device because there is no painting that he likes.
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