This week we met with faculty at our own school to talk about our solution, they voiced their concerns and new ideas. I think that the they liked how we were centralizing our data by giving straws to one restaurant so we can take data from one source where we can go back to for information. They admired the amount of research and evidence that we have gained about food grade silicone and how great of a material it is. When the faculty voiced their concerns they mostly asked us if A Votre Santé say no and after they said that we looked for other restaurant options and found other places to go.
The one big problem that we came across that the faculty brought up is the quality and sanitariness of making straws, this made us think about what A Votre Santé wants and if they are concerned about us making these straws. We came to the conclusion that we will ask our community; A Votre Santé what they prefer. In the end our new solution involves us first asking what A Votre Santé wants then we will either acquire molds and food grade silicone to produce and create the finished product by ourselves or we will buy quality food grade silicone straws to distribute to the restaurant. Plastic waste is accumulating on our earth based on our wasteful habits, however, we can change this. This terrible issue is affecting each and everyone one on this planet which is why our group is focusing on doing what we can to fix the issue. Through small steps our group is conquering this major issue. We are doing our part by replacing the plastic straws at A Votre Santé to impact the environment in a positive way. In fact, 500 million straws are used in a day in the U.S. BY reducing one restaurant’s plastic waste, our group will be lowering the U.S waste. Our solution will have a positive impact because it is substituting single-use straws that are very wasteful and harmful to the environment with a reusable, environmentally friendly substitute that cuts out the wasteful nature of straws. Our product will stop the amount of straws being wasted each and everyday, helping the environment and helping the community that lives there. We will ask our restaurant how many plastic straws are used every day, we will come to an average amount of straws used on an everyday basis. This will show us how many straws wasted and thrown away each day thus creating a control that we can work off of. When we implement the reusable, washable food grade straws into the restaurants ecosystem we will do the same procedure and see the difference in the amount of single-use plastic straws used and thrown away each day, showing us the amount of single-use straws we preserve each day. We expect to see a decrease in the amount of straws thrown away because of our new innovative food grade silicone straws. Click on this link to hear the history of straws: https://vimeo.com/220521917
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