Chicago Bag Design Challenge
The deadline is fast approaching for Foresight Design/o2-Chicago's Sustainable Design Challenge. Get in the game:Retail industries spend a significant amount on plastic bags, costs that are ultimately passed on to consumers. Considering Americans throw away up to one hundred billion plastic bags each year, and each bag costs stores roughly four cents, the annual impact adds up to $4 billion! Despite this, when consumers at local grocery stores were asked to consider how they might transport their groceries if there were no plastic bags, few were able to think of a viable alternative...
...Your task is to propose a viable alternative to “Paper or Plastic” from policy-, education-/communication-/advocacy-, and product-based perspectives. Solutions should consider the social, economic, and environmental factors involved. More than merely a design exercise, the Challenge is expected to generate a wealth of ideas that Foresight will seek to implement in the coming year. [Thanks to Treehugger for the tap]