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The Burden of Plastic Generation

Xiao, Yihao (2019) In Dipöloma work IDEM05 20191
Industrial Design
Abstract
Plastic pollution is not a new thing, not a new thing at all. Actually,
concern about plastic had been growing date back to 1960s,
almost 60 years ago, when the plastic debris in the ocean was first
observed, but now the global plastic production is still increasing,
as well as the amount of the plastic waste that enters the ocean every
year. I knew about plastic pollution since I was a kid -people talked
about it, and it was also on the textbook from school, but just like
many other kids, I didn't really care, not until I saw those pictures
of seabirds and marine life that are hurt or killed by plastic pieces,
which shocked me and make me realize how bad the situation
really is. Therefore, I felt the obligation to do... (More)
Plastic pollution is not a new thing, not a new thing at all. Actually,
concern about plastic had been growing date back to 1960s,
almost 60 years ago, when the plastic debris in the ocean was first
observed, but now the global plastic production is still increasing,
as well as the amount of the plastic waste that enters the ocean every
year. I knew about plastic pollution since I was a kid -people talked
about it, and it was also on the textbook from school, but just like
many other kids, I didn't really care, not until I saw those pictures
of seabirds and marine life that are hurt or killed by plastic pieces,
which shocked me and make me realize how bad the situation
really is. Therefore, I felt the obligation to do something about it, to
send out the message to more people, especially the younger ones,
to help them see it through earlier, not like me, and deeper, and be
a part of the solution, which might not be perfect, and takes a lot of
time, but it has to start now, one step after another. So my master
degree project is my attempt to be one of the tiny little steps of our
solution to plastic pollution.

In this report, I will share my research about micro-plastic,
treatments for plastic waste, the alternative of plastic, recycling
system and its lies, the market of plastic toy and its influence, as
well as some existing attempt of the eco-toy and educational toy.
Also, I will talk about how my perspective changed throughout my
research process and what changed my mind. It also documented
my visit to precious plastic Malmo and my interview of some
young parents about their kids' toys, in additional, a history study
about the progress of some similar environmental problems. Then,
I will show you the ideation process of my educational serial comic
about plastic pollution and the modular eco-toy figure concept
and how I developed them. In the end, it is the document of the
result of my work and the discussion as well as the reference.
This project is against plastic pollution, not the material itself. (Less)
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author
Xiao, Yihao
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Educational serial comic matching with modular eco toy figure
course
IDEM05 20191
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
publication/series
Dipöloma work
report number
ISRN: LUT-DVIDE/ EX--19/50442-SE
other publication id
ISRN
language
English
id
8998443
date added to LUP
2019-12-05 16:06:42
date last changed
2019-12-05 16:06:42
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  abstract     = {{Plastic pollution is not a new thing, not a new thing at all. Actually, 
concern about plastic had been growing date back to 1960s, 
almost 60 years ago, when the plastic debris in the ocean was first 
observed, but now the global plastic production is still increasing, 
as well as the amount of the plastic waste that enters the ocean every 
year. I knew about plastic pollution since I was a kid -people talked 
about it, and it was also on the textbook from school, but just like 
many other kids, I didn't really care, not until I saw those pictures 
of seabirds and marine life that are hurt or killed by plastic pieces, 
which shocked me and make me realize how bad the situation 
really is. Therefore, I felt the obligation to do something about it, to 
send out the message to more people, especially the younger ones, 
to help them see it through earlier, not like me, and deeper, and be 
a part of the solution, which might not be perfect, and takes a lot of 
time, but it has to start now, one step after another. So my master 
degree project is my attempt to be one of the tiny little steps of our 
solution to plastic pollution. 

In this report, I will share my research about micro-plastic, 
treatments for plastic waste, the alternative of plastic, recycling 
system and its lies, the market of plastic toy and its influence, as 
well as some existing attempt of the eco-toy and educational toy. 
Also, I will talk about how my perspective changed throughout my 
research process and what changed my mind. It also documented 
my visit to precious plastic Malmo and my interview of some 
young parents about their kids' toys, in additional, a history study 
about the progress of some similar environmental problems. Then, 
I will show you the ideation process of my educational serial comic 
about plastic pollution and the modular eco-toy figure concept 
and how I developed them. In the end, it is the document of the 
result of my work and the discussion as well as the reference.
This project is against plastic pollution, not the material itself.}},
  author       = {{Xiao, Yihao}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{Dipöloma work}},
  title        = {{The Burden of Plastic Generation}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}