Socio-Technical Transition for a Circular Diaper System in 2030
- Participants from Kolding School of Design
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Karen Marie Hasling
Morten Krogh Petersen
Victoria Ankerstjerne
- Research and development project type
- Research and development
- Project period
- Feb 2024 - Feb 2027
- Project management
Southern University Denmark (SDU)
- LAB
- Sustainability and Design
- LAB theme
- Everyday Life
Organisational Life - Collaboration partners
- University of Southern Denmark
Abena A/S
Odense Renovation A/S
Odense Kommune / Odense Municipality
Aarhus Kommune
Objectives and activities
Taking a multidisciplinary and cross-sector approach, Blesystem2030 pairs technical innovation and circular system demonstration with an understanding of care practice, as well as socio-cultural barriers to adoption. The project addresses system transformation, and thus consists or partners across the value chain, from design and product manufacture to users and consumers, to circular logistics and end-of-life management.
The project is concerned around diapers for elderly institutionalized residents, and the understanding of diaper and care practices are based on deep ethnographic fieldwork at nursing homes in Denmark.
Throughout the project, several tryouts of new diapers will be carried out, hopefully with less residual waste and more sustainable workflows as a result.
The project is funded by Trace and Innovation Fund Denmark.
