Project Summary | Project Information |
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Currently in Haiti, and in other developing nations, there is an overabundance of recyclable plastic bottles with no clear path to recycling a substantial number of the bottles. This leads to accumulation of this waste which may end up in the ocean and can be hazardous as well. Because of this supply of bottles it makes sense to find, or create, a way to upcycle these bottles into a useful/salable product while simultaneously employing people in a very underemployed nation. Our task is to develop a process and associated tools/systems to process the excess bottles into usable string, and then that string into usable and salable rope. Economic analysis will need to be done to determine the required setup of production lines in order for the system to be profitable. |
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Team Members
Member | Role | Contact |
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Ryan Fairbanks | ME-Purchasing and Communication | rf5056@rit.edu |
Eric Deal | ME-Lead Engineer | exd3258@rit.edu |
Anna Dorman | ISE-Project Manager | amd8402@rit.edu |
Work Breakdown: By Phase
MSD I & II | MSD I | MSD II |
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Integrated System Build & Test Customer Handoff & Final Project Documentation (Verification & Validation) |
Acknowledgements
- Sarah Brownell
- Erinold Frederick
- Agronom Franz