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industrial design | research | sustainability

To Go
(to stay)

To Go (to stay) is a collection of thoughtfully designed, long-lasting food and beverage containers to replace the litany of waste with the current restaurant takeout and delivery system. The family of products is designed to totally eliminate waste and promote prolonged reuse.

circular economy takeout containers

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This collection of food containers was created around a system of circularity to address the issue of excessive single-use litter created by restaurant delivery orders

Instead of various types of plastic (PP, PE, PS, etc.), coated paper, and foil, To Go (to stay) is made from recycled aluminum and rHDPE

The containers are built to be durable + long-lasting, while also recyclable at end of life -- research into standard and preferred container sizes resulted in the final lineup of 5 products

Once an order is received, the customer has two weeks to clean and return the items to a participating restaurant or dropoff location, or return them to a delivery person -- if it's not, they will be charged on the same payment method for the at-cost value of the items

Pictured left: 5 different types of materials, disposed of upon delivery, typically with redundancy in silverware and napkins

Pictured right: 2 materials, kept or returned, with a lifespan of years

Every last piece of single use material was considered -- rather than a paper receipt, a dynamic QR code displays information about delivery person routing and customer's order

Sketch ideation pages of container form factors and sizes

Lineup of container sizes and snapshots of stackability, tote delivery bag, and thread-in sauce cup

Cross section showing how the lid fits with the large food container and threads onto the 2 oz. sauce cup

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