03. Sustainable Hand Washing S.PSS in DE
Honourable Mention in LeNS International Student Design Competition, 2018
Karttikeya Kumar Singh karttik10@gmail.com +916351853233 Muskan Gupta muskanguptamay@gmail.com +919810043954 Tanishqa Bobde tanishqabobde98@gmail.com +917024118023
design proposal
Promoting Sustainable Hand Washing using Moringa Plant Sustainable Product-Service System concept (S.PSS) in Distributed Economy (DE)
problem addressed
Urban & rural Indians don’t know how crucial hand-washing is in sustainable healthcare & sanitation. The people who do, waste water & use soaps that are toxic for the environment. How might we solve this problem focusing on tap design, hand drying methods, soap dispensing techniques, the environment & experience? In India, Ayurveda & treatment through plants is a large industry - still people are using artificial soaps. The target customers are urban & rural Maharashtrians (a state in India). Context of use is I.T. parks & residential complexes in the urban areas. Secondary context of use is villages in rural Maharashtra.
S.PSS concept description
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Moringa grows widely in rural Maharashtra. 4gm of Moringa leaf powder is proven to disinfect hands. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3930822/)
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These villagers will in turn become local small-scale manufacturers of Moringa powder for the service.
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The Moringa powder will then be transported to these HWU’s (retained ownership of the SP).
The packaged Moringa powder can replace paper soap that Indians use widely while travelling; use 40-50 ml water as opposed to avg. 2 litres & educate rural & urban Indians while using local resources & centralized production.
Rough representation of Moringa Powder packaged in a Banana leaf
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Our project involves service providers (SP) going to rural areas and partnering with the Panchayat to educate villagers on how - Moringa powder can be created - Packed with Banana leaves (also available abundantly in the area) - Used for hand washing.
The SP will partner with community areas heads, urban partners (UP), in cities to install and maintain hand wash units (HWU).
These HWU’s will provide users with discount codes for the SP’s website which sells the Moringa powder packaged by the villagers. The HWU’s, once established, will switch to a pay per use model & be transported from one I.T. park to another (resource minimization, product lifespan extension & use intensification).
concept details
concept benefits
Provider(s): Service designers, rural Maharashtrians & urban partners (community heads).
Socio-ethical benefits: Enhance employment in marginalized rural Maharashtra (regardless of gender); responsible use of local resources - Moringa & banana leaves; advantage & equity to every stakeholder involved & creation of connection between rural & urban people.
Customer(s): Primary - Urban Maharashtrians. Secondary - Rural Maharashtrians. Service(s) Offered: Transport & delivery of Moringa powder; Education about sustainable hand washing. Product(s) Involved: Hand-washing unit; Moringa powder packaged in banana leaves. DE Characteristics: Distributed Manufacturing; Local, sustainable resources & packaging; Empowering local communities. Revenue Model: Money paid to partners; Retail markup model for urban customers.
Environmental benefits: Distribution reduction due to localised close-by production; resource & toxicity reduction due to zero soap use; conservation of water; biocompatibility of Moringa powder & banana leaf packaging; spread of awareness. Economic benefits: Benefit to all stakeholders; no loss for provider since though they pay rural producers & urban customers pay for powder bought via the website + pay per use of hand wash unit.
handwashing unit
Discount code
These HWU’s are manufactured by the SP & cost 2000 rupees (approx.).
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Compressed air tank
Water displayed
Moringa powder Openable Moringa powder
Press button to take Moringa powder on hands & rub together.
III. High pressurised water, 30-40ml will flow. Rub and clean hands.
Put hands below blue area & compressed air will blow off the Moringa powder.
IV. Compressed air will dry hands through the same outlet.
Visual instructions
Area for hands Drain & collection of waste
Banana leaf packed Moringa powder packaging
local production
stakeholder system map
packaging
local production
RP
sold through
transport by SP (third party logistic service)
pays Teach Moringa powder making & packaging (with banana leaves) Parner with Panchayat to teach how rural people can use Moringa powder for handwashing
Website
transport by SP (third party delivery service)
Moringa powder
SP
UP
pays
UC
maintains;
recharges with compressed air; water & Moringa powder
manufacturer installs; transports
Handwashing Unit
(same unit moved to different I.T. parks - S.PSS)
Moringa powder
purchase
transport by SP (third party logistic service)
Pay per use (after few weeks of installation)
get discount code (SP’s website marketing)
RP Rural Partners SP Service Provider UP Urban Partners UC Urban Customers Stakeholders
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Service provider partners with Panchayat in villages in rural Maharashtra to teach making of Moringa powder, packaging with Banana leaves & using Moringa powder for hand washing.
Localised rural partners manufacture & package Moringa plant powder for the service provider.
Moringa powder is transported from rural Maharashtrian village to the closest warehouse.
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Small sets of hand washing units are manufactured.
Moringa powder, compressed air containers, nozzles for compressed air & high pressure water release all organized into the hand washing unit.
Service providers partner with urban partners who foresee, manage & maintain the hand wash units in communities in urban cities (egs: I.T. Parks)
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Hand wash units are installed in urban communities.
Urban customers use handwash units & get a discount coupon code as per use.
Urban customers go to the hand wash service website & buy Moringa handwash packets based on size, need & use .
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