Wednesday 29 May 2013

Sustainability

The 6 R's

The 6 R's promote sustainability. This is important as quite a lot of the world resources are non-renewable. 

  • Reuse - donate to charity, reuse water bottles etc
  • Reduce - reduce waste and use less material for packaging
  • Refuse - refuse bags and unnecessary packaging
  • Recycle - make the product out of recyclable material
  • Rethink - how you could approach the design differently using the other 5 R's?
  • Repair - repair instead of re buying every time
Packaging is useful for a number of reasons however packaging has got to an excessive point and it is having  detrimental impact on the environment. When designing a product bear in mind the sustainability of the product. 

Advantages and Disadvantages of Recycling

Advantages
  • Recycled Products are cheaper
  • Raw materials are not being used up

Disadvantages
  • It is expensive to re process materials
  • It cost money to collect recyclable materials from houses

Advantages and Disadvantages of Reusing

Advantages
  • Cheaper for the consumer
  • Less raw materials will be used
Disadvantages
  • Less money being generated for the economy
  • The Product may not work as well as a new one

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