To round off the year, we once again present our most-clicked articles of 2021. 5th place: Cigarette packet with built-in bin
Cigarette butts are simply flicked away millions of times a day. In a semester project at the MSD Münster School of Design, four students tackled the problem and developed a clever solution with input. They even won a German Packaging Award in the Young Talent category for their work.
Madeline Hesse, Elisabeth Freymüller, Jonas Zerr and Frederic Vennemeyer want to set an environmentally friendly standard with input within the cigarette industry. „Every year, 5.6 trillion cigarette butts are produced worldwide - 80 per cent of which end up carelessly on the ground. Both filters and tobacco residues contain countless pollutants that cause long-lasting damage to flora and fauna,“ explains Jonas Zerr.
Input to reduce littering from cigarette butts
This problem is now to be solved with a small change to the existing packaging standard. To do this, the design students A cigarette pack extended by an additional pull-out compartment, in which the stubs can be stored until the next proper disposal option.
The development team: Elisabeth Freymüller and Jonas Zerr (above), Madeline Hesse and Frederic Vennemeyer (below). (Image: J. Zerr, E. Freymüller, M. Hesse, F. Vennemeyer)
Sustainable material and additional benefits
The two-part cardboard box can be easily pulled apart and the cigarette butts can then be removed. through a circular opening that becomes free can be thrown in. To counteract unpleasant odours, the inside of the compartment could also be coated with wax.
And the four Bachelor students from the MSD important: Input fits into the established sales systems at petrol stations, in kiosks or vending machines. All legally prescribed standards are observed and the dimensions are adapted to those of conventional cigarette packs. The pack only expands temporarily through use.
And this is how it works. (Image: J. Zerr, E. Freymüller, M. Hesse, F. Vennemeyer) The primary aim of the project is to reduce environmental pollution caused by carelessly discarded cigarette butts. The four therefore hope that in future cigarette packets will not only be made of sustainable material, but also be equipped with a depot for cigarette butts become.
„For us, it was the first time during our studies that we dealt with packaging design. That's why we are particularly pleased to have been honoured with the German Packaging Award,“ says Elisabeth Freymüller. Now the budding designers are hoping to receive the award at the Fachpack trade fair. a potential partner from the industry who is prepared to realise the project.
Published in packaging journal 7/2021
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