Our focus was to use sustainable materials in all elements of the Design, whilst keeping with the current units and Co-op design concept.
Not only is the unit made from entirely recyclable materials, but the function of the unit is to encourage customers to recycle their home plastic and battery waste. The Donation Bin also encourages customers to put something back into the local community by donating products to help local food banks.
The sustain tool was used to replace standard materials with eco-friendly options establishing which have the biggest impact on reducing the environmental footprint. Sustain tool was used to score the environmental impact of the unit and its packaging.
Changing to more sustainable material reduced the Sustain score from 42.59 to 18.83 and reduced the Carbon Footprint from 152.33 to 45.95. Altering the materials in the Recycle Bin and signage reduced the Sustain Score from 43.72 to 36.28 and reduced the Carbon Footprint from 228.77 to 70.36.
Donation Bin
Recycle Bin
If the unit cannot be utilised in another store at the final end of its life, it will all be recycled by the client or collected by us when in the area to be recycled.
1) Recycle Text – Durat 007 Martini Palace Collection made from recycled content and raw earth minerals.
2) Signage - Recycled card Eco Display Board
3) main carcass - Slow Grown Scandinavian Pine FSC and PEFC-approved supplier.
The use of natural raw timber being used to construct the main carcass of the display has significantly reduced the amount of machining & processing required when producing the display.
4) CompacMel - recyclable high-density wooden fibreboard used instead of MFMDF.
5) Front Screens - Greencast Acrylic - 100% recycled material
By negotiating a small installation window by the client we tied the Installation in with other jobs in the area reducing the need for a dedicated delivery. We also used minimal biodegradable packaging when transporting to the site.
As a business, we have now begun to look more in depth at eco-friendly packaging as the Sustain tool helped us realise that after the raw materials packaging is the next biggest waste area of our business. Producing this unit out of entirely sustainable materials has shown the rest of our business that there are viable sustainable alternatives and it is now part of our design policy to provide clients with sustainable alternatives to their normal preferred materials or methods.
