Indonesia is the “world’s largest palm oil producing
nation and second biggest consuming market of palm oil in the world.”.
However approximately 70 per cent of the population lives in rural areas.
Within these rural areas, they are limited access to supply, because of it
location. These mean locals in these areas only have access to unsustainable and
unbranded palm oil. Unsustainable palm oil means they burn the forest to make way
for farming, which mean native animals such an orang-utans (already endangered)
lose their homes. Also it’s already so polluted in Indonesia, why make more
plastic bottles? Plastic bottles already cover up many rivers in Indonesia.
Therefore I have designed a product service system that
serves to these locals of sustainable palm oil, at an affordable rate, called
SemPalma. This service provides oil dispenser canister at nearly every local
street shop in these rural areas, there is at least one shop per 500 sq metres.
Locals bring their own bottle, any sort of plastic bottle that has been
re-used. Locals bring these bottles to the local street shop and refill their
bottles and are charged by how much the oil weighs.
These canister are replaced every 2nd day to
weekly basis depending on the consumption rate in the area. They are serviced
by trucks that are driven by locals who have been previously unemployed. They
exchange the empty canister for ones that have been filled. These trucks drive
among different shops starting and ending the day at the oil factory where the
oil is processed and refill empty canisters.
The canisters have been designed in specific ways to beneficial.
One is that it’s stackable in every way making it very easy to transport on
trucks without damage. It’s compact so it doesn't take too much space at the
local shops.
Two is that they can be carried in a different ways. They can be carried from the front, the top
or on the shoulder as a typical way of how Indonesian’s carry heavy loads. they
are curved at the bottom so the oil can flow better inside. The tap is easy to
use, simple for locals to learn.
Because the tap screws off and its able stand on it back, it
makes it easier to be refilled. Each canister has net volume of around 15kg.
It’s still light enough to be able to be hand carried and enough to last at a
local shop for around 2 days. It’s made from HDPE because it’s strong and use
regularly for food containers. Also its clear/frosted to give indication for
when it needs to be refilled again.
Locals should be aware of what kind of oil they buy, giving awareness
to both problems of deforestation and pollution. Also helps keeps control of
how much oil locals are consuming as too much is un-healthy.
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