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Good practice - chapter2
https://www.miwa.eu/how-it-works
Good practice - chapter1
https://www.precyclenyc.com/
Started bringing reusable bags to the store after my girls that live out of the store and country gave me a hard time when they were here recently. Feels good to NOT get home with a bunch of plastic bags that immediately get thrown away....thanks Whit and Manda. Even bought Girl Scout cookies from the cute girls standing out front of the grocery store. What could be more American? #reuse #recycle #precycle #girlscoutcookies #tradition #American #feelsgood #happiness #dotherightthing #jenn60agingstrong (at Holladay, Utah) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9iUC2ohOW4/?igshid=10hbmvimfsn18
I recently came across in interesting idea of waste management in regards to recycling. Although it was set up by a company, their idea is not necessarily to recycle what they sell, but to ‘precycle’. They are doing this as a solution to the issue that recycling is a slow process and that it often leads to the population not always following through with their part in the chain. By removing the need to recycle at the start, there would not be any need for recycling at all. The company is named MIWA (Minimum Waste) and are working in the food industry due to the large amount of waste that occurs through packaging food items.
Another interesting part of the set up is that it is highly integrated into existing technologies like our personal phones. As shown in the video, customers would be able to have a recipe and get exactly as much as is needed in the recipe or through a specific amount that has been preselected. Precycling to me is an interesting concept because it limits the waste output from the start. Although we would like to think that as a society we can make a change, it is also the responsibility of companies such as these to create systems in which there is less production in the larger scope.
Although this is still only a concept, it seems like designers had a very important part to play in this. These people are designers of not only the product, but are also designers of society and its struggle with waste. By doing something like this and thinking outside of the box in such a way, it feels like some of the issues that we face everyday can slowly start to be solved when given the opportunity to be thought about.
Precycling articles
Here’re some articles about precycling that you may find helpful!
http://www.sustainablebabysteps.com/precycling.html
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/precycling
http://www.greenlivingtips.com/articles/what-is-precycling.html
Brief Introduction
Hello! We are students from Wamogo Regional High School and this is our blog about our precycling project for upcoming expo!