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(Almost) Good Design: This Café's Spent Cup Stacking System to Minimize Trash/Recycling Volume
I can share that this idea went through an HCD design process
at a large cup supplier, was then trialed in the US, and proved to be successful
to educate consumers and create action to recycle EPS cups in store, and all
design rights plus supporting data given with no strings attached (because it
would keep EPS cup sales) to a global manufacturer of collection systems.
A company that could competitively create consumer products from the
recycled EPS existed (exists). Corporations that owned businesses which
would use this system did not feel that implementation would generate more
profit or was a benefit to brand stories because of the cost to change consumer
perception.
I think this is a great low tech solution. It would take quite a bit of effort to educate the public, but well worth it.