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===Introduction=== | ===Introduction=== | ||
The organization ''Waste for Life'' defines itself as "a loosely joined network of scientists, engineers, educators, architects, artists, designers, and cooperatives who work together to develop poverty-reducing solutions to specific ecological problems."<ref>http://wasteforlife.org/?page_id=2</ref> Through a collaboration with researchers and community members at Queen's University, the Centro Experimental de la Produccion in Argentina, the Rhode Island School of Design, Smith College, and the University of Western Australia, the Kingston Hot Press has been designed and developed to provide the means of production to smaller cooperatives in communities in Argentina and Lesotho. The Hot Press allows the user to produce a value added tile composite material out of waste plastic and fiber (most commonly cardboard and paper). | |||
===Problem Definition and Scope=== | ===Problem Definition and Scope=== | ||
Revision as of 19:26, 14 April 2010
Check out the project on wasteforlife.org Hot Press Discussion Page
Currently, I am investigating the potential to design a plastic/paper composite extruder which would facilitate the production of feedstock for the Kingston Hot Press.
Introduction
The organization Waste for Life defines itself as "a loosely joined network of scientists, engineers, educators, architects, artists, designers, and cooperatives who work together to develop poverty-reducing solutions to specific ecological problems."[1] Through a collaboration with researchers and community members at Queen's University, the Centro Experimental de la Produccion in Argentina, the Rhode Island School of Design, Smith College, and the University of Western Australia, the Kingston Hot Press has been designed and developed to provide the means of production to smaller cooperatives in communities in Argentina and Lesotho. The Hot Press allows the user to produce a value added tile composite material out of waste plastic and fiber (most commonly cardboard and paper).