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Imperial College London
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Nairobi Design Institute
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Gearbox
Innovation Design Engineering
March-April 2019
HewaSafi
GoGlobal
How Might We create a new basic standard of
waste management practices in schools that encourages environmental sustainability?
x Human Centered Design
x Field Research
x Social Impact
WASTE MANAGEMENT
Main Insight
Schools don’t question alternatives to burning or consider health issues around toxic fumes of burning pits.
“We burn paper because it is easy and cheap.”
- Student, Milimani Secondary School
Incorporating low-cost incinerators and a new sorting system in the schools’ waste management practices to encourage a culture of environmental sustainability and foster critical thinking.
BURN PROPERLY
BURN PROPERLY
BURN PROPERLY
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NEW SORTING SYSTEM
NEW WASTE MENU
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IMPACT
Encourage awareness of waste value. Improve health conditions in schools. Provide an avenue for school pride. Introduce new field for student thought/innovation.
+12.000.000 Students in Kenya yearly
Kenya Ministry of Education Science and Technology, UNICEF Basic Education Stats, 2014
INSTRUCTIONS
DESIGN ACTIVITIES
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