Respondents:
PG’s: Agreed to provide waste but refused to compost due to health reasons.
Local Gardeners: A couple agreed without giving a timeline. 1 disagreed.
Nursery near Shanti Sagar: Want to discuss further. Can compost, but seems a very boring mundane venture.
People staying on empty plots:
1. Near Srishti: Refused outright.
2. Opposite Subbu Bakery: Agreed to points I stated but unwilling to dig and maintain a pit due to busy schedule.
Conclusion:
Most involved in a horticultural background willing to try. But negotiations may take up time. Also by just providing a steady source of waste & transportation, a designer’s role isn’t justified.
Other sources that are slightly interested in the procedure are worried about the health aspect. Also, they are unwilling to invest time or initial capital.
Therefore I intend to conclude this course with a short experiment. I intend to design a compost bin using recycled materials eg. Old plastic drums). The design will help reduce the health hazard & initial investment. It will also reduce time invested.
The business model as of now is as follows:
· Handing of a sample bin to a local PG & restaurant.
· Monitoring the success of the bin at each location.
· Selling the design & getting it mass produced.
· Marketing it, with my target audience being hostels & restaurants across the city.
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