Reducing paper waste
This problem describes the most common problem around the world but it's very specific in how the paper is used.
This problem describes the most common problem around the world but it's very specific in how the paper is used.
"Bucket baths" save lots of energy and water compared to a shower, but they are not popular in industrialised countries. Could the bucket, jug or other bathing accessories be re-designed to make bucket baths more appealing to consumers?
It's a design problem but not product design. There are many groups on facebook which facilitate give and take or second hand purchases but the process seems to be inefficient. Some issues that I have spotted so far: - Important items get buried under posts and there is less will to keep scrolling down to find some items. - Many times things that are meant to be sold find a buyer months after the post has been made. At that time the item has been thrown away. What's missing? 1. I feel a pair up option is miss ... more
You can save a significant amount of energy in the kitchen by keeping lids on saucepans. However, it isn't practical to use a lid for some cooking methods, e.g. for stir-frying or for reducing the volume of a sauce by evaporating water from it. How could cookware be designed to save energy in these cases?
Nitrous oxide, the gas used in whipped cream dispensers, contributes to global warming more than 300 times as strongly as carbon dioxide. Could we find an alternative?
Every time we buy vegetables in the supermarket (at least in Italy) they are already packed with plastic film or we have to pack them in the same one. Both cases the packaging becomes waste in the time we arrive at home and put the vegetables in the fridge. How could we avoid this? How can we involve supermarkets to change their logic?