IAM Fuel
Packaging designed for purpose
Food contact tray – to – Biofuel
IAM Fuel
IAM Fuel material, applied to single use food contact packaging, is designed for multiple avenues of post-consumer use, fitting the needs of individual consumers and curbside waste collection services local [to the U.K] and global: adding value as a bio-fuel.
The challenge
To provide the local and global community with a single use food packaging solution that can be collected at curbside. Also adding value to the consumer and to waste collection companies. The packaging to be environmentally and economically sustainable to manufacture, use and re-purpose using current and future infrastructure.
The solution
From the waste materials used for manufacture to the use of current infrastructure for materials recovery, disposal, and re-use IAM Fuel is designed to be environmentally and economically sustainably conscious.
IAM tray is made from industry and consumer waste which are organic materials, hemp, coffee granules and potato starch diverting waste from landfill that would ordinarily add to methane gases, which damage the Earth’s ozone layer.
IAM Fuel was designed to deliver the consumer needs of single-use, oven safe convenience food tray that is commonly used for packaging and cooking meals.
IAM Fuel packaging is designed for multiple avenues of post-consumer use, adapting to the needs of the individual consumer; and also adapting to the infrastructure of waste collection services, local [to the U.K] and global.
IAM Fuel is fuel; I designed the material and the packaging for the, secondary consumer use of biofuel because currently in the U.K our black bin waste is incinerated [ reducing landfill by 80 -85%] and the energy harvested used to power homes and industry. IAM is designed to produce biofuel as part of the anaerobic digestion process. anaerobic digestion and the collection of waste for the purpose of fuel production is a system currently receiving funds for development.
I didn’t design the food contact tray to be recycled because food waste contaminates waste streams. Currently oven safe trays are not accepted by curbside recycling. The contaminated waste is sent to be incinerated, this is expensive in lost resources and monetary fines.
IAM is designed to add value for the consumer it does this in a holistic way; the system in which IAM sits takes waste that would ordinarily go to landfill and provides a guilt-free single-use packaging solution that has purpose driven secondary uses.
The IAM Fuel packaging can be home composted adding nitrates, the needed heat catalyst of the home compost bin, activating good bacterial and providing lovely mulch for the garden.
IAM Fuel can be used in a home or garden solid fuel burner as an alternative to conventional fuel.
IAM Fuel immediately looks to the future possibilities of local and global energy production and waste collection. The IAM material is made from organic waste streams, taking advantage of future Anaerobic digestion infrastructure which has been currently funded by government.
IAM fuel, when anaerobically digested will produce gasses which are harvested and then used to power homes, industry and vehicles of our future.
The waste from the anaerobic digestion process is used as fertiliser in agriculture. The improved agricultural soil, benefits human and animal health, through the vegetation grown and then consumed.
IAM packaging was designed using renewable waste streams, to leave no waste, or trace and to add value for consumers and waste collection services.
IAM packaging solution was designed for current and future waste collection infrastructure and to be as convenient to reuse and repurpose as the convenience food the packaging holds.
Value delivered
By thinking about the bigger picture and designing for the end game. I designed a packaging material that can be manufactured into single-use food packaging using current tooling and manufacture. The simplicity of the material design is complemented by the use of abundant materials available from industry and consumer waste. Adding value to the consumer and waste collection companies as fuel with multiple harness-able capabilities. Home compost, stove fuel, power from incineration, energy production from anaerobic digestion, which also benefits agricultural soil.
Predictions – Soil erosion will become the next talked about big challenge along with water usage and wastage.
Yesterdays waste today’s food – Tomorrows Fuel – Happy Earth
Academic paper – Anaerobic co-digestion of coffee waste POST
Academic paper – Anaerobic digestion of pre-fermented potato peel wastes for methane production
Coveris – Pack Positive centre opening
Love BIO-Bean Powered by coffee
Protected: Andrew Cousins – Jayne Cunningham student project update 30/4/19 15:19 POST
Protected: George May – Jayne Cunningham student project update – 30/4/19 8:18 POST
Protected: Will Mercer – Jayne Cunningham – 29-4-19 POST
Protected: Testimonial/Endorsement – 1 May 2019 10:00:41 – Jayne Cunningham POST
Protected: Rise & Design: Sustainable Packaging (Harrogate) by Design Network North POST
Project start: Mushroom paper Oven safe food tray POST
Protected: Parkside collaboration – Gained industry experiance.
Simply Candy – Packaging consultan into vegan sweet design POST
Sunday spent researching council collection POST
Tray Developmen – 26th April – Jayne Cunningham POST
Tumlr blog link holding instergram project sketchbook
Veolia – Incineration for energy
Video for projector – planning Hand in presentation POST
Project 2 year 3 Day one sketch book
Project 2 year 3 page two – Iceland pitch preparation POST
Project 2 Year 3 sketchbook day 3 – Littering POST
Protect 2 year 3 sketchbook day 4+ Ireland POST
Project 2 Year 3 sketchbook – 6 – Initial reading – infograghic – Mushrom paper – POST
Project 2 Year 3 sketchbook 7 – Trip to Iceland store – Inspired food tray POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook 8 – Coveris Pack positive open day POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook 9 – Oven testing polymer on card POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook 10 – Tray design – oven prototype and test POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook 11 – Iceland interview pitch prep POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook 12 – Alternative tray annotation POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook 13 – How do you eat an Elephant? POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook 14 – Making Paper – also with mushroom spawn POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook 15 – Interning at the retail institute POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook 16 – Wild flower paper POST
Project 2 Year 3 page 17 – Packaging collective at the business school POST
Project 2 Year 3 page 18 – Polymer breaking down in water POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 19 – Making flowers for my friends – Valantines day POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 20 – Infographics POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 21 – Packaging re-use Living wall POST
Project 2 Year 3 sketchbook page 22 – CPD – Design conference – C.V development POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 23 – exploring ideas at the project start – candy. POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 24 – powerpoint presentations POST
Project 2 Year three sketchbook page 25 keeping with the bigger picture POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 26 – Simply Candy – Make to test POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook 27 – Modeling Hemp – Tray POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 28 – Considering manufacture POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 28 – CPD with Simply Candy POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 29 – Ben the Gardener – living wall concept POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 30 – Time out – mindfulness and design – CPD POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 31 – following on instergram POST
Project 2 Year 3 sketchbook page 32 – Multiple concepts coming together in modeling POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 34 – On going projects – Instergram – Dyslexia POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 35 – Cake Dome top POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 36 – Packaging and secondary use and purpose. POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 37 – 3D sketch for smart clothing POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 38 – HW Martin visit POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 39 Hemp with polymer POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 40 – Hemp and moisture POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 41 – C.V – POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 42 – RSA Brief finish – POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 43 – Planning = Friendship POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 44 – Modeling with Areo-press espesso maker – Testing burn POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 45 – Compressed tray sketches pre-making tray maker POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 46 – On point with my re-use design – Grow in pot POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 47 – ooo printing prototypes …. POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 48 – Paper making with starch pulp POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 49 – Modeling in the workshop – POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 50 – Mushrooms and coffee granules POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 51 – Ground – powdering hemp fibre POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 52 – Hobbies leading to a unicorn job? POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 53 – First tray from Areopress style mold and oven test POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 54 – waste not want not – Re use POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 55 Measuring and mixing POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 56 – Testing tray with food, student style POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 57 – Tray all ready to burn, or … POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 58 – Tray Materials POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 59 – System. POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 60 – Simply Candy development POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 61 – Toast ale made from waste POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 62 – User testers for simply candy POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 63 – Pro2pac conference POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 64 – Adding value to waste collectors POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 65 – Mixing pulp, hemp, coffee granules POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 66 – Tray brickett POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 66 – Tray brickett POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 67 – Team work POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 68 – Networking is key to the development of design POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 69 – System design
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 70 – Early tray prototype, leading to manufacture
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 71 – Work life balance – Time to play POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 72 – Working with a set brief ideation – Mars interview POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 73 – Mars interview Research, making and system design, App POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 74 – Initial Tray model prototype – disk POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 75 – Through colour POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 76 – Why black colour – costs of manufacture POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 77 – New skills – Fire making POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 78 – Black material – design tech – vac-form
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 79 – mini 1 hour lunch project – bamboo POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 80 – Feeling frustrated – Silicon sheets POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 81 – tray modeling from tray components. POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 82 – Lunch break project – Elbow pads POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 83 – Still persisting with the help of friends POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 84 – Eurika – Thanks Parkside flexibles POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 85 – Littering what’s your view on compostable POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 86 – test burning the food trays – SRF Fuel POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 87 – No fire risk POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 88 – Flat surface material and whoops another grinder gone POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 88 – Flat surface material and whoops another grinder gone POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 89 – Laminating POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 90 – IAM fuel material and other products POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 92 – Living Wall Prototype POST
LinkProject 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 93 Biofuel infographicPOST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 94 – first Tray that I’m happy with POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 95 – User testing oven tray – Testing advise POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 96 – Lazer etching on to the tray. (link to perspex blog) POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 98 – Tray cling film as release – black food colour POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 99 – How much modeling. POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 100 – Composting experiment POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 101 – Thank you Team at Parkside POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 102 – after Parkside Hepworth POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 103 – Sunny day and studying
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 104 – Biking and inspiring logo design POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 105 Posting trays for feedback POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 106 – photos taken at Parkside
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 107 – planning hero image
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 108 – User testing the buyers journey from start to finish. POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 109 – Embossed tray inner POST
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 110 – Banner for my Presentation.
Project 2 Year 3 Sketchbook page 111 Tray Lid development – The why behind the graphic design POST
Diary pages ( moved from studio – Lost )
I hope you enjoyed looking a the images and reading about my journey through my final year project.
Designing a packaging material and food contact tray designed to be environmentally and economically sustainable give value to the consumer and be valuable to waste collection businesses.
The material and the product was designed to work with current and future waste collection infrastructure and to be as convenient to re-purpose as the convenience food it holds.
Please comment and let me know what you think.
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