Team Aakasam:

DMS IIT Delhi

Shiva Kumar Angirga

Kasturi Durga babu
Deshini Varun Teja
 Idea: Life Cycle thinking
Design considering Inter-related stages of PLC

Supplier Procurement Production

1. Study plastic suppliers manufacturing process 1. Sort the wastes produced. Appoint trained
1. To minimize raw material packaging, order staff for concentrating reusable, recoverable
2. Specify changes as to meet 3Rs goal and end supplier to send in refillable cartons
eco-decomposition plastics from bins
2. Chose the closest best supplier to lessen 2. Exchange the unusable waste produced to

Reduce
3. Incentivize suppliers R&D for better plastics transit loss and decrease GHG some other industry which can use it

Reduce
4. The choice of material should be a design 3. To minimize raw material package always
choice and may determine waste treatment Design aspects:
use bigger vehicles and bulk orders 1. Prefer cylindrical bottles, so has to have
options 4. To minimize wastage maintain minimum
5. Develop plastics that have better shelf life and minimum usage of plastic for same volume
inventory 2. Design the product so that if leakage occurs,
resistant to mild temp changes, reduces 5. Implement Just-in-time supply chain
distribution wastage the impacts are mitigated.
6. Use thin layered, high strength materials 3. Design for Cubing out, reuse and recovery.
Avoid glue, colorants or ill additives
Reuse
Recover
Recycle
End of life Usage Distribution

1. Since product is designed for re-use, re-

1. Provide information to the customer on proper 1. Distribution should be design specific. Should able to
cycle,provide info on re-use, recycle
disposal accommodate more products in less space
2. From a human health perspective, recycling
2. Provide a QR code on each SKU that gives 2. Ask suppliers to follow the steps mentioned to reduce
(best)> incineration with energy recovery >landfill.
details, effects and impacts of improper plastic wastage and return if any produced in transit,
From the greenhouse gas perspective, recycling
decomposition storage
(best) >waste to energy>wastewater
3. Encourage customers for refillable options 3. Focus on cube utilization in transit. Use refillable cartons
treatment>composting>landfill >incineration.
Evaluate for each kind of plastic 4. Educate logistics employees on re-collecting recyclable
waste