Carry Me

Carry Me

Summary

Plastic waste management is a serious concern these days. We have witnessed a drastic intensification of plastic in the past few decades. The major plastic use in every household is in the form of carry bags, packets, and bottles. Today, the existence of the packaging sector without plastic is difficult. The main concerns with plastic products are the disposal steps. A bigger portion of plastic waste generated in India each year is from package wastes and it is increasing each year. There are instances where cloth/paper bags are not a substitute for plastic bags. Also, we are focusing more on reduce and recycle than reuse. Carry Me is a platform where all the consumers can collaborate with shopkeepers, manufacturing units, waste pickers, recycling units, and other stakeholders. This community will work towards the goal of reducing package wastes. Consumers can rent bags from any shop, return them anywhere, and can do zero waste shopping effortlessly. A mobile application will act as the key to all the services provided by the system.

Duration

6 Week

Individual

System Design

Interaction Design

User Research

UX Design

UI Design

Service Design

Scope

Skip to App UI Design

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01 Topic Selection
02 Design Research
03 Iceberg Analysis
04 System Mapping

Go to stage 2 Experience Design

Stage 1

01 Topic selection

02 Design reseach

Secondary

Research

Secondary research was conducted to know about the existing govt. rules and types of carry bags and other plastic packing materials used in different kinds of shops..

Some important points

Carry bags under 40 mm thickness is banned in India. In some states, it is 50 microns

It is estimated that the total generation of plastic waste per year in the country is approximately 12 million tons.

Govt. prohibited import of shredded plastic by recycling units to promote recycling within the country.

Informal waste collectors are included in the waste management system.

Shops can charge for plastic carry bags (only plastic), But they should properly display the Govt. circular in a visible area at the shop.

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Government Regulations

Recycled Plastics (Manufacture & Usage) Rules, 1999
Plastic Manufacture, Sale and Usage Rules, 1999
Plastics (Manufacture, Usage and Waste Management ) Rules, 2009
Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2011
Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016
Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2018
Solid Waste Management Rules (SWM), 2016
Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000

Primary

Research

Primary research was conducted to know the actual situation. Research was conducted in some local shops including a grocery and a chicken stall. Interviews
were conducted among some users of age group 40–60 years.

Methods

■ Existing system
■ User environment
■ Psychography, Ethnography and Technography
■ Shopping trends and carrying methods
■ Consciousness about plastic bags, Reuse tendency etc.
strategies by shopkeepers

User Profiles

Group A : Stakeholders

User Profiles

Group B : Consumers

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Insights from Research

Alternatives to plastic bags would create an additional environmental burden and would also inconvenience common people.
Closing down plastic manufacturing and trading units render lakhs jobless, so they should be nudged to produce alternatives without much demerits.
Cloth bags won’t always replace plastic bags, especially in meat shops. only dry products can be carried in cloth and paper bags.
Shopkeepers prefer customers bringing the carry bag. Both customers and shopkeepers don’t prefer the accumulation of carry bags with them.
Customers are concerned about carrying the purchased items only after the Purchase. Because all shops provide carry bags.
Most of the shops will be keeping single sized bags. So it doesn't matter if the purchase is small or big they will get the same sized bags.
Manufacturing units, consumers, waste pickers, recycling units, other stakeholders, etc are working as individual entities. Collaboration is lacking.