Sustainable design

materials, processes and the environment

Part 2

alternative materials, research, sourcing, comparing

ply - more product per tree, grain intact, less glue

concept development, listen, observe, watch opinions

most valuable insights

low sides an advantage

choice of lining

final prototype (finished?), minimal, turning point

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e c o - c o ffi n s

from product to business

why? sustainability in the business

There are professions more harmful than industrial design, but only a very few of them.Victor Papanek

• 70% of families in the UK consider being ‘eco friendly’ either important or very important.

• Green funeral business is increasing between 25-30% each year (biodegradable coffins to woodland burial grounds)

• Research from the Post Office in 2007 found that 35% of people in the UK planned an eco-friendly funeral whereas the research just conducted by FMC in 2009 shows that this figure has risen dramatically.

• 9 out of 10 individuals would consider an environmentally friendly coffin when planning their own funeral

Where is the market?

• Coffins / caskets (the most visible eco opportunity)*• Urns• Embalming choices and alternatives• Burial / natural burial• Cremation• Carbon neutral funerals• Flowers (growing practices / air freight)• Business impacts (energy, paper, technology, transport)

Aspects to consider

*A symbol of the whole funeral

3,000,000 kg 80,000,000 kg

70,000 m2 1,500,000 Tonnes

resource use, land use, toxins (EPA), scale (2 PM)

Is casket manufacturing a wise use of what’s left?

resource depletion compared to oil (40 years)

Copper 575%Zinc 537%Nickel 1124%Lead 888%

Philadelphia 2,500Calcutta 20,000Beijing 24,000

Wood chips / wood flourGlue 250,000 kg PAPlastic Some Halogenated Plastics like PVC (restricted in 275 countries)Metal coatings Nickel listed as ground contaminant and hazardous air pollutantFinishes VOC effect on workers and atmosphere & residue

NZ less resource use but more toxins, burn / bury

LCA & other tools, appropriate, budget, inputs, outputs