Sustainability of Materials: Human Resources

Sustainability Checklist

Wayfinding

Wooden light box/lights/vinyl/paper:

We sourced the wooden light box over plastic as we thought this meant its likelihood of being reused would be higher. This will be taken home by one of the group members or given to Massey to be repurposed. All aspects of the light box were made so that it can be taken apart and remain intact (the sheet with the vinyl is removable so it can go back to being a black shelf as it was sold originally and the lights can be easily uninstalled). The lights were sourced from a group member and can be reused by him in other projects. We used minimum vinyl, as this is not particularly sustainable: only needed one sheet and designed it so that when we printed the logo we got two out of the one sheet (the inversed version we used as a floor sticker to make the most out of what we’d made). Instead of using Perspex glass or a plastic we used thicker semi-opaque paper so it can be recycled.

Brochures, signage:

We could have used recycled paper for the brochures but the finance was constricting, as we needed the paper to be white for the clean airport look – although as they are paper obviously they will all be recyclable. For signage we decided to save paper/ink (as we would have needed quite a lot of large format printing) by hiring the 6 screens that Massey has at the toy box and displaying our posters on these screens. This reduces environmental impact and is a cheaper alternative.

Type boxes, spray paint/paint, paint rollers:

We bought cardboard boxes like the ones used in Type, which can be recycled. However, we are thinking this might be better repurposed through Massey by giving them to the Type room: the ones they have are quite beaten up and this would be a good eco-conscious decision whilst also giving back to the university. The spray paint was recyclable steel so we recycled that, however we thought that paint would be more eco-conscious so we painted the rest of the boxes. We gifted the paint rollers to Massey.

Floor sticker and adhesive sheets:

The adhesive sheets can be reused and will be taken home by one of the members of our group. The remainder of the floor tape will be repurposed and taken home by one of the members of our group for other projects. We used this as an alternative to vinyl because there will be less wastage.