BACKGROUND

We live in a wasteful world. Post-consumer waste largely ends up in landfill

sites as garbage in plastic garbage bags and is not re-integrated into the

recycling loop. This presents significant threats to all bio-systems and all

living things.

What is equally dangerous is that our oceans are turning into floating

plastic garbage dumps. Note how the ocean currents have formed massive

submerged islands of largely plastic waste.

Our commitment to the 3 RRRs (reduce, reuse, recycle), conservancy

helps us maximize our consciousness, minimalize waste, invent new

products from waste and to make our planet more sustainable.

ASSIGNMENT

1. IDENTIFY A POST CONSUMER USE (AFTER CONSUMER

USE) PRODUCT OR SERVICE THAT IS 100% RECYCLED AND

100% RECYCLABLE AND WILL HELP BOTH THE

ENVIRONMENT AND CONSUMERS.

EXAMPLES

a. A service: No plastic bagged waste in waste removal programs. All

grocery store plastic bags and curbside garbage must be

segregated and strictly re-cycled.

b. A product: All grocery store plastic bags must be made ONLY

from recycled materials and must be also fully recyclable.

You CANNOT use the above examples for your assignment.

2. WHAT ARE THE FEATURES AND BENEFITS TO BOTH

CONSUMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT AS BEING A

RECYCLABLE PRODUCT OR SERVICE?

3. WRITE A BRIDGE STATEMENT TO LINK THESE BENEFICIAL

PRODUCTS OR SERVICES BENEFITS AND FEATURES FROM

THE PERSPECTIVES OF RECYCLABILITY.

4. SUMMARIZE YOUR CONCLUSIONS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THREE WAYS THAT THE CHOSEN

PRODUCT OR SERVICE WILL BE GOOD FOR THE

ENVIRONMENT AND THREE WAYS THAT IT WILL BE GOOD

FOR THE CONSUMER.