Overview
ReKnit - Your Online Recycled Product Store
Our project scope
To create an app in China that allows users to be more sustainable with their clothing in terms of recycling, donating and reusing.
Our research problem
How might we create an app that allows consumers to repurpose their unwanted clothing as a way of recycling?
Features of our app
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Connects consumers with recycling bins close to them
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Connects consumers with craftsmen who are skilled in repurposing old clothes
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Allow users to redesign their old knitted garments and get them remade by craftsmen
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Promotes and encourages recycling through collecting points after using the recycling bins.
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Bridges a gap between craftsmen in more undeveloped areas, allowing them to receive more work
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Exposes consumers to clothes that have been recycled through our shopping section of the app where they can purchase repurposed clothes made by the craftsmen on our app.