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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