Grocery Store - 5 Key terms ConsumerismPackagingFood IndustryGrocery StoresUrban DevelopmentDesign words/PrinciplesInformation DesignGraphic Design Interactive Design Sustainable Design Packaging Design For my thesis I would like to focus on my five key terms, my optimum goal is to do research to figure out how we could eliminate packaging before it is even created. “In the UK household solid waste may represent only 8 percent of all solid waste generated, but it is part of a much larger problem (Jones, 2004): for every ton of waste generated by consumers, five tones have been generated by manufacturers, another twenty during raw materials extraction” (Carolina Berking, Marylyn Carrigan, Isabelle Szmigin 32) This quote proves that most of the waste is produced before the product is available for the consumer. Because focusing on eliminating garbage is such a huge topic, I decided to narrow my topic down a little bit. I brainstormed and came up with the idea of a grocery store. From my personal experience grocery stores cause a consistent and immense amount of waste. After taking a look at the process in which food goes through, I believe eliminating the issue at the source will be a lot more helpful. “Source reduction prevents waste either by redesigning products and packaging or by otherwise changing societal patterns of consumption, use and waste generation” (Carolina Ene, 82) Therefore because waste is an issue at the manufacturing stage; I believe the solution to this problem could be fixed by having the grocery store need there stock packaged in a certain way by the manufacturer that wouldn’t create waste. By decreasing the amount of waste created by the producers and eliminating packaging for the products, I believe this could decrease the amount of waste humans create vastly.
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