David Goh Wei Rong (SDE), Florence Lian Wee Voon (FOE), Fong Yan Rong (BIZ), Liu Yang Ming (SOC), Teo Zantyn (FOS)
Academic Advisor: Dr. Florence Ng
Reducing food wastage is a priority in Singapore due to a lack of landfill space, and the upcycling of spent coffee grounds help to alleviate this. Our objective is to create a whiteboard duster casing by mixing both waste coffee grounds and waste polylactic acid (PLA) to upcycle spent coffee grounds, ultimately reducing the amount of waste entering the landfill. We designed a new whiteboard duster to replace traditional whiteboard dusters and invited students to focus group discussions to i) test the product and ii) to obtain feedback and insights of the manufacturing process, and iii) to see their willingness to use our dusters instead of traditional dusters. Our product was complimented for being user friendly and sustainable, as the calculated carbon footprint for our duster is less than that of the original duster. Hence our product, if implemented widely, can help reduce food waste while being sustainable.