Teacher PLD
Designing a new product from potato starch – unit plan
Students develop their knowledge to design a disposable product as a sustainable alternative to an existing product.
Possum bait station
The final biodegradable possum bait station product incorporated three compartments for the bait.
Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato
Purpose
To consider the issues of increasing plastics use and understand why this is not sustainable. To understand the challenges of developing more sustainable alternatives.
Keywords
Plastic, sustainability, biodegradable, compostable, product life cycle analysis, modelling, brief, fit for purpose.
Published: 11 December 2008
