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Concept: How to promote composting in the camps?
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Kid Composter
Comments from guests and peers
Waste management & Composting - Barrel composting, push the Topic free fertilizer waste is not as important for the recipient, understand culture s Relations to bad smell and deal with it, also look into farming Bugs from composting for Money or Food.
Source: Georg, 2020/09/18 Session at HKU from Germany
What are the food routines in the camp like? How will you integrate composting into the daily life?
Source: Classmate, 2020/09/25 Session at HKU
Check out this reference regarding faster composting and biogas production: https://phys.org/news/2016-09-illinois-tech-scientists-aquaponics-farm.html There is definitely a need for that, making people understand of the processes is key.
Source: Classmate, 2020/09/25 Session at HKU
To consider the implementation and how user's awareness.
Source: Classmate, 2020/09/25 Session at HKU
It is interesting to be a playing device as well.
Source: Classmate, 2020/09/25 Session at HKU
Good to think about incentive and education impact.
Source: Classmate, 2020/09/25 Session at HKU
Good to think about the recyclable materials, and how to make the whole composting project more interesting and playful.
Source: Mike Zukerman, 2020/09/25 Session at HKU
Concern about the education, because they currently always mix up organic and inorganic waste inside the camp
Source: Mike Zukerman, 2020/09/25 Session at HKU
Currently have human waste management plant, can think of how to integrate with.
Source: Mike Zukerman, 2020/09/25 Session at HKU
Further research
Keep developing designs - 3 detailed sketches of your design and technology
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The making: Rapid Prototyping
Mentorship session with Cesar
Great prototyping! Low tech is awesome
Usage ? Type of food that go inside? ? Mixing the existing soil
Testing ? Start to store food Use scientific Method and make several samples with different waste makeup and observe over time
Context ? City, neighborhood? Wheels on ... mud? ? Social Structure, who would use it? ? Who owns it? ? Economic Model? ? Adding human faces?
References and experts you can talk to
Cambodia Compost City https://www.facebook.com/compostcitylife/https://www.facebook.com/monorom.tchaw Person: Monorom Tchaw
Pimp my carroca: https://vimeo.com/68241686https://pimpmycarroca.com/https://www.cataki.org/en/ "Mundano": Thiago Leite: Artetude@gmail.com
Waste collection on HKU campus https://youtu.be/i3zNmy28AcY Person: Oles Kwong
Compost on HKU Campus Rooftop -> go to 22:00 https://youtu.be/5_LsPs-NaNA Person: Yuki Chan
Offering
Compost on
- MakerBay's rooftop in Tsuen Wan (where there is already a mini worm farm)
- HKU Campus Rooftop Garden (where there is already a compost box)
Add photos of your process, your making of
Video of Prototype 1
https://youtu.be/ExR2yqLBK_k (9/10/2020)
Really worth investigating as the existing waste management is less successful.
On VOLUME - They produce huge amount of waste, 10% of it is totally non-recyclable, 60% organic waste.
On CURRENT WASTE MANAGEMENT- 2 Bins, red(inorganic) not and green(organic). There is a specific person to collect the waste. How our design position itself in the existing mechanism?
SPECIFICITY- Will the separation of waste too difficult to be understood? With practicality in mind, we are planning to narrow down the "waste recycled" from all food waste to 1-2 food. (say something which is a common in daily diet of Rohingyas). This ensure a manageable amount of food waste that can be efficiently composted. This can be considered as a pilot scheme to nurture the habit of composting which possibly can extend to more types of food waste
The Making: Prototype 2
(21/10/2020)
Updates
- Reaching out for similar projects as precedents to learn from with the help from Cesar
- Starting discussion with our Rohingyan buddy(Arfat) to understand their habits, in particular the food culture and waste management.
Improving on our previous prototype
- Larger container(32L) to prototype the actual household size
- Improving the openings by adding hinges and locks
- Focusing on heat and ventilation after hearing the advice from a friend who has experience in doing compost at home
- Putting in food waste(limiting ourselves with vegetable scraps and egg shells) with some soil which serves as accelerator for the process
The Testing: Prototype 2 (30/10/2020)
We are placing the compost bin in the Rooftop Farm in HKU (edible space) with the generous help from Yuki Chan.
Business Model (30/10/2020)
Business Model
Design Adjustment to reduce cost
Meeting Session with Monorom, from Compost City Cambodia (2/11)
Draft on 19/11
Notes and feedbacks.
- Compost City is a economically-sustainable initiative of promoting composting in Cambodia. Starting from homemade DIY boxes, Monorom kickstarted her project and has since attracted many citizens in Phnom Penh to begin composting.
- started with a business competition, then modified as the first prototype is highly personalized thus expensive
- second prototype includes: a kit of manual, 2 bins, tools
- problem of the Compost Bin now: wobbling< turning< plastic deteriorate under sun. how to educate/ sustain.... waste: two composting bin, let the first one rest and avoid keep adding new organic matters daily. as easy as possible time consuming and poor drainage
- how to empower compost collector
- interview e.g. fb vid
- start with equipment they use
- branding/ uniform
Necessary Instruments and Instructions
Instruments
- Label the compost bin. (magic tape, what can be recycled)
- any tray —removable tray for fertiliser
- paper bag to transport food waste to compost bin
Instructions
- Prepare Food
- Extract the appropriate food waste (egg shell, potato skin, )
- transfer the waste to the bin
- Putting in food waste(limiting ourselves with vegetable scraps and egg shells) with some soil which serves as accelerator for the process
Presentation (5/11)
johann Annuar
Research on material available on site
Demand for composting?
→ making it to children playground
→ similar to the turnaround (to get water) (failed because it is too hard for the kids to turn)
Enough profitable returns?
focus on kids
Handles, (one for kid one for adult), wheels +
Holes to peek
Tray to plant chili
how to paint, art, educational, turning to become rainbow,
Education Materials
Draft on 12/11
Draft on 19/11
Final Version 27/11
