Better World Challenge Ideation #4 – Responsible Consumption and Production

Better World Challenge

The Better World Challenge is a design competition challenging innovators, entrepreneurs, designers and students to explore creative and original ideas for a sustainable future. The challenge is focusing on social and environmental challenges with relevance to Hong Kong, but welcome entries from any location in the world. Inspired by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, we are aiming to collect ideas responding to one of the following areas: Good Health and Well-being (SDG#3), Quality Education (SDG #4) , Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG #11), Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG #12). The purpose of the competition is to inspire creativity and collaboration through community-driven innovation. Develop your concept idea and enter the competition today!

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Online Ideation Sessions

FabCafe Hong Kong is organizing four online ideation sessions which you can attend for free, if you want to gain more insights on the challenges or inspiration to help you develop ideas. You will connect with other social innovators who are all interested in the same challenge and explore solutions together. It is also an opportunity to learn more about the values of Design Thinking and how to apply them online. Please fill in Google Form below to register for one or more sessions. We will contact you with detailed instructions for attending the session(s) by email.

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SDG #12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Hong Kong is facing a plastic waste crisis. More than 11,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste was dumped into landfills daily in 2018, including more than 2,300 tonnes of waste plastics. The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) has estimated that existing landfill sites will reach capacity this year, and up to 90 percent of local plastic recyclers are closing down due to shrinking market and poor collection services (Low, 2020). It is an urgent problem contributed by corporations, communities and households alike, and we need stronger incentives and effective methods to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle!

To enter this category, please respond to the following challenge statement:
How might we reduce waste production?