In Semester 2 of 2022, I participated in the Precious Plastic InnovatED program. In this course we made some objects using recycled plastic. These objects include; plant pots, ping-pong rackets, coasters and other objects which you can use in your everyday life. Throughout the semester we were taught on how to make these different products, sort different types of plastic and how to work in the precious plastic room.
Precious Plastic Logo
Towards the end of the course, we went down to the Junior School to teach the Year 2’s about precious plastic. Some of the things that we taught them included the sorting of plastics and how to shred plastics. The goal was to inform Year 2’s about plastics and I think that the goal was achieved.
In this project, we would have to individually brainstorm an idea for a small business and make it come to life. You would do this by making a job resume and then we would have to apply for one of those businesses. After that, you became an employee for that business and work toward the business by creating products to be sold on the day of the market.
The Production Process
The group I was in was making hand sanitiser bottles more appealing. My group did this by putting building bricks into the bottle. What we would do to make these bottles is that we would fill up empty hand sanitiser bottles that we brought from home or have already filled hand sanitiser bottles. After that, we would place these building bricks into the bottles and our product was complete. Luckily, our product was quite easy to make otherwise we would’ve struggled in this process.
Our Final Products on the Day of the Market
What Went Well
One of the things that went well during this project was the production stage of our group. I found that our group did this part particularly well as, during this stage, some of our group members got COVID-19 and were in quarantine. Which meant that they could help much in the production process. So, we only had two members actively working on the production of our product. We managed to finish the production of all our products within two weeks. So, I found that we worked particularly well on our at this stage of our experience.
What I would Change for Next Time
Some of the things that I would change for the next time I do this project I would attempt in making my group a bit more organised. I say this as it took the group a while to buy some of the materials which we need, myself included. This delayed our project, fortunately, it didn’t hold us back too much. So, I can make my group more organised next time I do this project by constantly reminding them about what they need to do and make sure they take note of it. So, next time I do this project, I will attempt in being more organised as well as making my group more organised.
