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save the ocean
turn your plastic into things you love
12 million tonnes of plastic waste are thrown into the sea Yearly.
and it continues ...
1950
2015
2050
2 million tons
448 million tons
Estimated 1 billion ton
what if our existing plastic could be turned into new things we love?
I asked 36 people and...
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All respondents would like to be more involved in caring for the environment
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Respondents already recycles their rubish
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The majority wish they could donate more to non-profit organisations
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Respondents would purchase items made out of recycled plastic
"I wish there was a more affordable and convenient way to purchase environmentally friendly things."
#savetheSea #surfLife
meet Aron SMITH
The economical environmentalist
29 yo | single
values
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Goes surfing often
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Loves the ocean
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Cares about the environment
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Low income
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Works part-time
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Travels often
goals
pain-points
how might we help aron purchase more consciously and feel more involved?
MUST
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Encoraje recycling
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Provide Reward when recycling
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should
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Offer recycled products
could
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Include recycling tracker
won't
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Add notifications to motivate recycling
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Provide education on how to be more environmentally friendly
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Social media campaign example
#RECYCLEMYPLASTIC #TAKEACTION
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Design iterations
Feature: explaining the concept and increasing engagement
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Testing with 5 users
First design
second design
last design
Feature: shopping experience and platic calculator
First store credit calculator
last store credit
calculator
Arons Feelings
now aron is more involved in recycling his plastic and can purchase affordable and sustainable products.
before
after
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Felt guilty when purchased plastic
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Could not afford to purchase recycled/ environmentally friendly products
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Unaware of event such was "Beach Clean ups"
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Could not afford to support non-profits
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Can afford to support non-profits
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Can afford to buy environmentally friendly products
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Knows about beach clean ups
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knows where his plastic is going
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Feels involved in saving the ocean
impact of the project on organisations goals and KPI's will be measure by:
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Social Media Metrics: Campaign conversion rates and download rate
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Tracking the increase in recycled plastic using this service
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Tracking the revenue increase coming from the new e-commerce stream
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Tracking subscription recommendation rate
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