Blue Sky Recycling Programme: Assessing Financial, Environmental, and Community Sustainability Through Process Design, Financial Upgrading, and Infrastructure Management
PublicContenu téléchargeable
open in viewerBlue Sky Recycling provides livelihoods for 1,500 families throughout informal settlements in Cape Town, South Africa. BSR pays pickers for collectables, then sorts and resells them to distributors. Our project aimed to discover opportunities in process improvement and financial sustainability. Methods involved interviews, observations, and collective planning with liaisons. Outcomes included mechanical hoist plans, an application for data entry, market rebranding, community education, an updated website, and digitized financial spreadsheets. We collaboratively enhanced BSR’s business model to establish efficiency through quicker pickups, better working conditions, and increased publicity.
- This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.
- Creator
- Subject
- Publisher
- Identifier
- E-project-121913-035514
- Mot-clé
- Advisor
- Year
- 2013
- Center
- Sponsor
- Date created
- 2013-12-19
- Emplacement
- Cape Town
- Resource type
- Rights statement
- Dernière modification
- 2021-02-04
Relations
- Dans Collection:
Contenu
Articles
La vignette | Titre | Visibilité | Embargo Release Date | actes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Blue_Sky_Recycling_Executive_Summary.pdf | Public | Télécharger |
Permanent link to this page: https://digital.wpi.edu/show/kk91fk78g