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To focus upon the opportunity of minimizing environmental impact and decreasing waste produced by packaging in the take-out food industry. We designed BAO box as a  package for McDonald's.

 

It reduces the number of packaging for the average McDonald’s meal from three to one while also cutting down the amount of material used for packaging and increasing the amount of packaging that is recycled. Moreover, it involves the consumer by motivating them to make a beneficial environmental impact and decrease the amount of paper that ends up in the landfill.

 

A significant environmental improvement of 26% with the BAO box compared to traditional methods is predicted by Sustainable Minds and many more options are foreseeable in the future.

B A O 

Focus

Package Design

Design for Environment

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Design Journey

Research

Problem Identification

Ideation

Final Design

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My Role

Researcher

Package Designer

Prototype Maker

Sustainability Analyst

Presentation Maker

Americans

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Almost 50% of the $1.2 trillion that Americans spent on food went to food that was taken out from restaurants or delivered to their homes

Fast Food restaurants in America serve 50 million people a day with most of the packaging ending up on the streets.

 

McDonald’s

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Has 35,000 locations states wide and it 

Sells an average of 75 hamburgers per second

Provides a separate package for each food item and puts them all in one bag

What about just one sheet of paper

which can be folded into a box and easy to be recycled? 

Fit all sizes of burgers and french fries

Able to be hold in one hand

Exactly one piece of paper without using of glue

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What's more?

Materials & Recycle Policy

PLASTIC

  • Can easily be recycled

  • Uses toxic chemicals

  • Higher cost

  • Be cleaned and  reused

​PAPER

  • Degreased for recycling

  • Cheap and easy to manufacture

  • Meet FDA requirements

​BIO-PLASTIC

  • Needs specific conditions

  • Takes away food resources

  • Can be  reused

1. Box gets deposited at McDonald’s

 

2.Sent to McDonald’s recycling unit to be degreased

 

3.Made into pulp

 

4. Pulp is reused to make new Bao boxes.

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