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DESIGN NAME:
Eco Lettuce Package
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Multifunctional Food Packaging
INSPIRATION:
Inspired by the lettuce growth process. Leaf-lettuce can continue growing to produce leaves if regularly watered after trimming. This unique feature can make people grow lettuce by themself instead buying vegetables all the time.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Eco-lettuce package is a solution for consumers to continue eating lettuce. It is not only a package but also a lettuce growing container. Leaf-lettuce can continue growing to produce leaves if regularly watered after trimming. Flip the lettuce package and grow the trimmed lettuce. It is able to harvest a second, good-tasting lettuce with several weeks. The wrapping paper can provide plants with nutrition. This new package is sustainable, environment-friendly.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION:
The lettuce is alive before it is shipped to the customer. Users can eat the leaves part and keep the roots. Flip the package, add the water and nutrition paper and grow the lettuce through the holes. After several weeks users can get three new lettuce.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION:
The project started in September 2018 in Ningbo, and finished in December.
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY:
Packaging Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY:
The material of package is PLA, a plastic substitute made from fermented plant starch plastic which is environmental-friendly material. The package can be manufactured by vacuums forming. The wrapping paper is made by recycling paper which absorbs plant nutrition.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES:
Diameter 170mm x Height 175mm
TAGS:
Sustainable, Recycled package, Eco-friendly, Package Design, Food Package, Concept Design
RESEARCH ABSTRACT:
We produce 133 billion pounds food per year but about one third of food we produce is not consumed but throw away, it takes a ton of resources(Water, labor, oil and land energy) to produce food. Furthermore, this wasted food is a huge contributor to climate change. when it decomposes, it isn't just stinky. It releases potent greenhouse gases such as methane. Especially vegetables waste, we trow away 60% packaged lettuce. If we buy a lettuce and can continually plant and eat them easily that could be a solution to lighten the environment pressure.
CHALLENGE:
The function of packaging the lettuce and be a plant growing container will influence the appearance. The shape of package have been test to find the best solution to satisfy these 2 functions.
ADDED DATE:
2019-06-12 06:55:08
TEAM MEMBERS (2) :
Designer: NING SUN and Advisor: Xu SUN, Bingjian Liu, Ying Jiang, Mohan Li
IMAGE CREDITS:
Ning Sun
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NAME:
University of Nottingham Ningbo China
PROFILE:
The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) was the first Sino-foreign university to open its doors in China. Established in 2004, with the full approval of the Chinese Ministry of Education, the university is run by the University of Nottingham in partnership with Zhejiang Wanli Education Group, a key player in the education sector in China.UNNC is a fast growing hub for excellence in research, innovation and knowledge exchange.
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