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Bin design and fabrication for AHP collection in Durban, South Africa
Kimberly-Clark has partnered with Glolbal Health Engineering (GHE) at ETH Zurich and Green Corridors to conduct a hands-on study to pilot the safe disposal of absorbent hygiene product (AHP) waste in low income /informal communities in Durban, South Africa. Through evidence-based research findings, Kimberly-Clark aims to contribute towards addressing growing concerns globally around AHP in the environment and towards a circular economy for single-use AHPs in South Africa. Responding to this call, a multi-disciplinary team from Green Corridors and ETH Zurich, has been selected to design and pilot an AHP collection system in two different low-income, informal communities within Durban, at a workable scale. The intervention will be guided through innovative and appropriate research methodologies from psychology, geography, and engineering disciplines, which will generate research findings that can inform scaled up implementation of the system in comparable contexts within South Africa.
Keywords: AHP waste, design, fabrication, low-income, South Africa
Green Corridors will design, manage and execute the collection pilot, in partnership with the ETH team. The Global Health Engineering (GHE) Chair is looking for an MSc thesis student with experience/interest in either design and fabrication to form a part of this research team. The student would work with Green Corridors engineers to design, fabricate, and test contextually appropriate bins to be used within the collection pilot. Bins would need to able to be manufactured within a low-resource environment, and be constructed from recycled materials. Moreover, the student would be responsible for developing a workflow for bin fabrication and for training a team of workers responsible for manufacturing the bins required for the pilot.
Green Corridors will design, manage and execute the collection pilot, in partnership with the ETH team. The Global Health Engineering (GHE) Chair is looking for an MSc thesis student with experience/interest in either design and fabrication to form a part of this research team. The student would work with Green Corridors engineers to design, fabricate, and test contextually appropriate bins to be used within the collection pilot. Bins would need to able to be manufactured within a low-resource environment, and be constructed from recycled materials. Moreover, the student would be responsible for developing a workflow for bin fabrication and for training a team of workers responsible for manufacturing the bins required for the pilot.
In the course of the project, the student will be responsible for:
- Producing a contextually appropriate bin design (2 typologies)
- Fabricating prototypes in a low-resource environment using recycled materials
- Testing the bin prototypes and making appropriate improvements
- Developing a workflow and training workers for the efficient fabrication of the final bin designs.
The project is supported by funding by Kimberly Clark and would involve three months of fieldwork on-site in Durban. Interested and qualified students are invited to apply.
In the course of the project, the student will be responsible for:
- Producing a contextually appropriate bin design (2 typologies)
- Fabricating prototypes in a low-resource environment using recycled materials
- Testing the bin prototypes and making appropriate improvements
- Developing a workflow and training workers for the efficient fabrication of the final bin designs.
The project is supported by funding by Kimberly Clark and would involve three months of fieldwork on-site in Durban. Interested and qualified students are invited to apply.
For more information, please contact: Dr. Marc Kalina (ETHZ), mkalina@ethz.ch
For more information, please contact: Dr. Marc Kalina (ETHZ), mkalina@ethz.ch