This phase refers to, when the packaging is collected, not to be delivered to the company that allows the recovery of materials, such as the reintegration of the material in the manufacture of similar products – plastics processing companies. But to be delivered to, for example, a detergent manufacturer, in order to fill the packaging several times and thus extend its use and additional sale of the same product.
Published in Chapter:
Design as a Source of Innovation to Establish Circular Models: An Opportunity to Prevent the Single Use of Plastic
Ana Espada (IADE, Universidade Europeia, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 14
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3628-5.ch014
Abstract
The relationship between design and actual success of a business has been addressed. But the current move from linear to circular economy is establishing extraordinary parallelism, with design principles. The overall objective of this chapter is to explore when design principles, related to circular-economy concepts become a source of innovation. Design solutions can support the business transition to one which creates monetary and environmental benefits: increasing resource efficiency, maintaining the value of products, materials, and waste. Recycling has been the main strategy for plastics circular economy, but it is controversial since the industry demand is shorter than the recycled amount. Wisepack design was selected to analyse its loop slowing and closing, keeping product and material at their maximum value and functionality. Three scenarios are drafted—recycling, refilling, reuse—in order to urge designers to think about the reusable need several times before disposal, preventing the single-use of plastic.