According to NPS (National
Packaging Survey) an estimated 30% by weight of overall municipal waste going
to landfill consist of disposable packaging (cardboard is a big part of it).
According to GVRD (Greater
Vancouver Regional District) more than 100.000 tonnes of cardboard Cardboard is
recycled each year in this areas, that’s grate.
Profuse use of cardboard in
packaging and boxes, its recollection and recycle, cost a lot in terms of
product’s price and service taxes. So, why we are so reluctant in doing a
direct reuse of it?
I think people are reluctant because it's painstaking. Specially in a consumer society that wants everything fast and easy, handmade recycled home furniture is not seen as an option.
ReplyDeleteYet, I also think it's about political will, education, and cultural change.
Thanks, if you consider that for people to reuse cardboard is painstaking, we can make cardboard furniture design fast and easy to do by helping them in the process, helping them in their cultural change.
ReplyDeleteI think Claudia makes a good point about education... It seems that all the beautiful items made of cardboard get very little media attention.
ReplyDeleteThanks, you are right, very little media attention, that means that at list we can do something to improve this point, we have to figure out how attract this attention to cardboard design works. Do you have any ideas about it?
ReplyDeleteAccording to Movie Fiend and Claudia, until now we can highlight 5 points on which to work on. They are: perception of painstaking activity, political will, education, cultural changes and media attentions. It's enough to star a good movement. Any suggestions or further points are welcome.
ReplyDeleteHi, Massimo. Why not hold a local design competition? Invite students from art and design colleges, high school students, too.
ReplyDeleteGreat Idea, thank you, I'll figure out how (and what) to do. There are many ways to do that, and it could also be open to non local participants. I'll let you know.
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