At first we thought about choosing the NYC water sewage system for the project but then the system turned out to be way more complicated than we anticipated.
After some further research and discussions, we decided to talk about the plastic bags in the city. We looked at different sites and learned about how plastic bags are made, where do the resources for making plastic bags come from, where they end up and what impact it brings to the environment.
- http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/05/02/saving-america-from-plastic-bags
- http://www.bankrate.com/finance/smart-spending/paper-plastic-whats-environmentally-correct-choice.aspx
- http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/14901/1/The-Effects-of-Plastic-Bags-on-Environment.html
- https://greeningforward.org/plastics-the-non-renewable-component/
After carefully studying the symbols of a system flowchart, we eventually came up with a system flowchart displaying positive and negative feedback loops
Then we spent a lot of time talking about possible interventions. (To cut down the usage of plastic bags)
We came up with many ideas, and we realized not many of them are both very practical and effective. In the end, based on the success ban of plastic bags with plastic bag fees in other regions, we believe that this is by far the most viable intervention.
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