Developing a Circular Cup System at Schiphol Airport

The global shift towards sustainability has spotlighted the environmental implications of disposable takeaway coffee cups, particularly their contribution to landfill waste and ocean pollution. This report delves into the pressing challenge of reducing disposable cup waste at Schiphol Airport, especially in light of the impending Dutch...

A service designer's guide to systemic design: Helping a Juvenile company transition towards a more sustainable future

This project tackled two research questions for separate clients. The first question was posed by Livework, a service design agency, which wanted to learn how systemic design principles can be applied in projects aimed at organisational sustainability transformations. The second client, Juvenile Company, a company that designs and manufactures...

Design for reducing the food waste of the TUDelft banquet service

In the past decade, food waste has accepted intensive attention from society. It is increasingly acknowledged that approximately one-quarter of the food for human consumption is wasted throughout the food supply chain (Papargyropoulou , 2014). At the Delft University of Technology, It organizes a vast meeting every day in different facilities....

Design for Philips Grooming Product Return Experience

With the rapid rise in consumption and production, natural resources are becoming increasingly scarce. As the prevalence of the linear economy leads to neglect in the product end-of-use (EOU) phase, moving towards a circular economy (CE) can maximize the product value by recovering and reusing. <br/>As one of the circular strategies applied by...

THANKS: A tool for Corporate Social Responsibility

Thanks is a service based on a smartphone application, which enables companies to step up with corporate social responsibility (CSR) by reducing energy consumption in their office buildings while supporting one NGO working for environmental protection and conservation.