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Ravensbourne University London collaborates with local businesses to reuse leftover materials

By Andrea Byrne

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Ravensbourne University London has collaborated with local businesses including Now Gallery which runs various exhibitions and MDM Props, to reuse and recycle their leftover materials.

Due to the collaborations, 70 percent of the material used by the university’s product design students in the design and development process are sourced from leftover materials such as acrylics, plywood and sheet metal.

The collaborations were formed to make the creative process more affordable for students and for them to be able to create their projects in a more environmentally friendly way.

Nadine Bennet, co-course leader of product design, said in a statement: "Sustainable design is embedded in the design thinking and culture of the product design course. We started this initiative to improve the student engagement with model making and make it easier for them to produce their models by providing access to free materials.

"We are really pleased to see how students value that the materials are from waste that will be given a second life rather than ending up in a landfill. Ravensbourne champions sustainability through its Environmental & Sustainability Working Group (ESWG). This initiative supports good practice and we hope to implement more environmental measures in the future."

Photo credit: Ravensbourne University London

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