The whole idea of precious plastic was to educate people on how they can recycle plastic and how to repurpose them into to more useful items. We would gather lots of plastic that people didn’t need and we would make it into moulded items. That way we would contribute to the depletion of plastic litter in the world.
I had to use lots of different capabilities like collaboration, creativity and effective communication. For example we had to work together in order to successfully produce a finished design. We needed different people to do different things so we could use the best of our time. We needed creativity because otherwise the designs we make would be boring and they wouldn’t sell well on the market. We needed to be creative to make the models look interesting. For example on one of our clipboards we made a star design and on another we added stripes and other patterns. Finally effective communication is key in ensuring that we create interesting and different models that we be successful in selling in the market. We require good communication otherwise everything would just be messy and unorganised. There were a numerous amount of capabilities used but these were the main ones that ensured us a successful project.
The Process:
Firstly we needed to collect the plastic. The plastic we are after the plastic that was type 2 or 5. There are mutiple different types of plastic and the more safer options are type 2 and 5. Once we had collected a lot of plastic we shredded them into smaller pieces and sorted them according to colour. We shred them because they will melt easier and we sort them because then we can make cool patterns. We then take the shredded materials and put them into the different moulds we have. When putting the plastic in the mould you need to accurately measure the weight so it doesn’t overflow. After it has been filled up it is placed in the oven to melt into shape. It takes different times depending on which mould. After the time has been up you take it out and compress it. Then you let it cool down and after a while you can take it out of the mould, and voila!
What I learnt from this is that you can make anything out of rubbish and products that people don’t need. I can see now that you don’t need the best items to produce something and that all you need is your mind to make it into something special and different.
