Challenges faced are finding a new system to replace wasteful processes and products with one that is both more local and sustainable.
Problems solved:
- Transportation costs & pollution
- Reduces plastic waste
- Increase community
- Food supply (via hydroponics)
- Wealth creation (via goods made)
Todo:
- Build recycling machines
- Build miniature plastic shredding machine
- Build manufacturing machines
- Come up with a process for getting the neighborhood involved
- Design app
- Design small scale hydroponics system
- Develop shipping materials (think honeycomb packing cushions) to sell
- Identify products that make sense to locally produce from recycled plastics
- Cutting boards
- Storage containers (not microwave safe)
- clothes hangers
- Cookie cutters
- Etc etc
I needed to collect a lot of plastic bottles recently. I made a box that would play a little tune and flash some lights when someone deposited a bottle. Even that was enough of a reward that people came back with lots of bottles just to make the noise again. No points/monetary gain, just a little bit of gamification, and it seemed to work great :)