Global and local design briefs for No Waste Challenge

‍No Waste Challenge in Global Cities 

What Design Can Do launched the No Waste Challenge in 2021 in six cities: Mexico City, São Paulo, Nairobi, Amsterdam, New Delhi and Tokyo. Several partners from the Reach Network were involved in scoping and facilitating local challenges that fed into the overall global challenges.

Local and Global Perspectives 

Stby, delaO design studio, Quicksand, and Flutter Innovation researched the impact of waste and consumerism on climate change and compiled a global design briefing and five local city perspectives. A key principle was to alternate between local and global perspectives throughout the research process. This approach ensures a bespoke response to global emergencies.

Bespoke Design Responses 

The research took into account local resources, possibilities, and barriers in each city to create a bespoke response to the climate crisis. Have a look at our work and read about waste in Amsterdam, Delhi, Mexico City, Nairobi, São Paulo and Rio and Tokyo.