Environmental and Pocket Friendly Chess board
This product is developed to apply Sustainable design in product, making them comply with the principles of social, economic, and ecological sustainability.
I observed that the Dust bins in boys hostel are overflowing with boxes from Amazon, eBay, Walmart and others. So the idea strike me to reuse cardboard/corrugated boxes.
I observed that the Dust bins in boys hostel are overflowing with boxes from Amazon, eBay, Walmart and others. So the idea strike me to reuse cardboard/corrugated boxes.
Research:
Online sales have surged in the past five years, and cardboard use jumped 8% in the same period, according to the American Forest & Paper Association. Yet cardboard recycling has dropped.
Last year, 300,000 fewer tons of corrugated containers were recycled in the USA than in the year before, even as domestic consumption increased 3.5%, according to the AF&PA.
Online sales have surged in the past five years, and cardboard use jumped 8% in the same period, according to the American Forest & Paper Association. Yet cardboard recycling has dropped.
Last year, 300,000 fewer tons of corrugated containers were recycled in the USA than in the year before, even as domestic consumption increased 3.5%, according to the AF&PA.
These numbers are even grave in developing countries like India where there is total negligence of awareness of where the waste goes from dustbin.
So, to tackle this problem, I thought of making a chess board reusing the cardboard boxes collected in trash.
Prototyping:
First made design on paper then on sunboard and finally on cardboard.
3D model and rendering:
Final Prototype:
