D3.Recyclebar
Waste Circularity / Material Research / StorytellingTeam: Daan Overhaag, Inga Hamelmann, Ana Robles & Teresa Carvalheira.
Tutors: Erik Klarenbeek & Maartje Droos @ Design Academy Eindhoven, May 2022
Tutors: Erik Klarenbeek & Maartje Droos @ Design Academy Eindhoven, May 2022
Living in the context of a growing demand for biomaterials to contribute to a sustainable means of production, we thought it was important to provide friendlier access to said resources.
Recyclebar is a project that focuses on returning restaurant waste to circulation for future use. Given the material potential of restaurant discards such as eggshells, seashells, and other property-rich materials, it is possible to rethink how both the food and the sustainable product-making industries can support each other.
The research was conducted in a singular restaurant in the city of Eindhoven. We analyzed the customer journey of “Cafe Restaurant Eindhoven” through the production of a single dish. Additionally, we weighted, mapped and categorized the organic waste of a dish, day, and week. We outlined the kitchen infrastructure to understand how this could be adapted to function in the same space.
We propose a system were both food and its residues can be processed, and the latter can become a sellable good as any other.
A 2min concept video was produced for the Bio Design Challenge 2022. ︎WATCH