re:use

Submitter: Laura Barnes

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/103151 Copy

Description

Title

re:use

Issue Date

2011

Keyword(s)

• Consumer electronics -- Source reduction (waste management)
• Sustainable design

Abstract

This concept is a community-level approach to e-waste management described as “an organization of designers, engineers, construction managers, and urban planners that communicates with city officials and with the regional community to safely recycle consumer electronic excess and waste for use in public projects. This system creates a closed cycle that allows for the proper disposal, awareness, and discussion of e-waste as well as solutions to community needs.” The idea includes the placement of e-waste collection bins throughout the city of Long Beach, California. Collected e-waste would be sent to a local recycling facility, separated, accumulated and eventually reprocessed and remanufactured for public project. An online forum would educate, increase awareness and allow citizens to submit suggestions for city improvements that could implement using feedstock from the collection infrastructure. The example provided was a suggestion for a park bench repair that might lead to the creation of a new bench made from recycled plastic from used printers. This idea was submitted by a group of three industrial design students from California State University at Long Beach. It was recognized with an honorable mention.

Publisher

Champaign, IL : Illinois Sustainable Technology Center

Type of Resource

video

Language

en

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