MATERIAL STUDIES
Waste
Material/
Recyclable
Material
ASSIGNMENT 1 Tanmayee J.B.
F.P. GROUP-E
BD/21/128
SUSTAINABILITY 1
What does it mean to me?
The technical definition of sustainability is meeting
our own needs without compromising the ability of
future generations to meet their own needs.
But, in daily life, according to me sustainability is
getting as much use possible out of something.
For eg., using an already used empty plastic water
bottle as a pen stand or toothbrush holder not only
helps get maximum use out of the bottle but, also
inspires creativity as we come up with innovative
ideas with already existing material.
WASTE MATERIAL
Ice-cream sticks
Used notebooks & old books Paper cups & plates
Newspapers Party hats & other decorations
Bits & pieces of paper & other residual craft Wooden ice-cream spoons
material Old & used paint brushes
Old CDs Empty glass paint bottles
Used ink cartridges Toothpaste tubes
Used batteries Used toothbrushes
Damaged wires Torn shoes and other footwear
Tin cans Worn out clothes & other used fabric
Plastic bottles Cardboard boxes
Plastic carry bags Aluminium foil food container
Use & throw pens Thermocol & foam used in packaging
Disposable lenses Plastic bubble wrap used in packing
Tissue papers deliveries
Toothpicks Broken rubber bands
Straws Used or broken metal hair clips
Tissue papers Food waste
RECYCLABLE
MATERIAL
Recyclable materials include those
which can be used multiple times.
Eg.- paper, cardboard, plastic,
metal, glass, fabric, etc.
NON-RECYCLABLE
MATERIAL
Non-recyclable material includes stuff
which cannot be used more than once.
Eg.- used tissue papers, bubble wrap,
diapers, light bulbs, ceramics, etc.
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Metal News Tooth
Plastic
bottle papers Old paste
carry
caps books tubes
bags
Tissue
papers Sticking
labels
Broken & tags
hair
clips 20 MOST
Plastic
COMMON Food Milk
wrapping plastic
bottles bag
WASTE papers
Festival
decorations MATERIALS
Batteries
Paper
cups
Food
& Plastic
Electronic Card food Craft
waste vegetable board Paper
waste containers bags material
boxes
20 MOST
COMMON
WASTE
MATERIALS
Ideation
Products
with
recyclable
material
1
After celebrating Diwali, attaching &
packing up the decorations is very
tedious. Lighting wires come under this
Lighting Wires category as they are hard to attach
someplace and also hard to store
Holder/ without causing damage to the wires,
but at the same time not entangling
them. As a solution to this, inserting
Organizer straws or newspaper pipes on parts of
the wires without the bulbs is what is
depicted in the sketch. Not only does it
make it easier to attach & store, but it
makes it look more neat. Adding tissue
paper flowers around the light bulbs
also makes it look better.
MATERIALS USED:
Newspapers Attaching the straws or pipes makes it
Straws easier to attach around rectangular
objects in a straight line, as seen in this
Tissue papers
sketch.
As for the storage, the sketch below
shows how it can be laid flat side by
side or stacked on top of each other to
be stored in somewhere.
2
Laundry
Basket
A newspaper weaved basket can be used as a laundry basket for
storing dry clothes to be washed, instead of a plastic one.
MATERIALS USED:
Newspapers
3
Acupressure
Slippers
This product is a recreation of
the already existing acupressure
slippers using recycled material. It
uses layers made of sheets of
MATERIALS USED:
corrugated cardboard box which
Cardboard
is stuffed with sponge and yarn
Newspapers
fibres at certain acupressure
Straws
points with straws at other places
Sponge
to have an elevated surface. A
Waste yarn fibres
jute thread or fabric strap can be
Thread or fabric strap
used for the slipper straps and a
straw to hold them together
Than k Have a
great
day
o u!
ahead.
