Redesign of a Single Use Camera

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Redesign of a Single Use Camera

• EDSGN 100
• Team 8
• Kara Gallo, Catie Martel, Nick Blymiller,
• Jason Clark, Ashley Pachter
• October 2, 2007

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Overview

• Camera Packaging and Parts
• Analysis
• Battery Data and Reuse
• Survey
• Current Recycling Practices
• New Design

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OBJECTIVES

• More sustainable product
• Increase Revenue
• Decrease Electronic Waste

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Electronic Waste

• Electronic waste is the waste that comes from
  broken, unwanted or outdated electric components.
  Many of these electronic components are toxic,
  and non-biodegradable. Included in this are
  batteries.

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Reducing E-Waste

• By Reusing the cameras battery 4 times, Kodak
  can reduce the e-waste caused by battery disposal
  by 75.
• Reusing the battery saves Kodak money, and helps
  the environment
• Kodak already recycles 76-100 of camera
  components sent back to them by companies that
  develop pictures (CVS, etc)

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Packaging

• Decorate box
• Smaller box
• More fit in shipping, cheaper
• Smaller tab on end
• Transport more cameras per trip

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Camera Parts

• Casing
• Flash
• Battery
• Lens
• LED
• Film
• Crank/Button
• Circuit Board
• Capacitor

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Film

• How it works

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Survey
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Survey Analysis

• Most Common Brand is Kodak
• Most Often People Buy is Less than Once a Year
• Most Common Reasons to Buy
• Special events
• Lost/Dont want to lose or damage digital
• Most Common Quality is Flash

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Battery Data
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Battery Data
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Reusing The Battery

• With the simple calculations done on the last
  page, it was found that the battery in a camera
  can be used up to 15 times.
• Kodak already has a recycling program set up that
  can be used to also recycle the batteries, and
  with a simple test it can be determined whether
  or not they can be used again.
• The ones that do not have a sufficient charge can
  be disposed of properly.

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Current Recycling Methods

• 77-90 of product can be remanufactured
• Everything not re-used is recycled elsewhere
• Camera bodies are sent to centralized facility
• Cameras designed to be recycled up to ten times
• Plastic parts are recycled and remolded

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Current Recycling Practices

• Wholesale Mini Lab Recycling
• All brands models
• Kodak pays for shipping
• Takes Care of Complete Life Cycle

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Matrix
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Possible Improvements

• New casing
• Metal
• Lightweight, Aluminum
• Hinge for opening instead of clamp
• More durable, longer lasting, more life cycles.
• New packaging
• Reuse battery

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Conclusion

• After a survey of the market and testing the
  product we found
• The battery can be reused
• New casing would be more sustainable
• The need is lessening, so we need to market more