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Lifestyle, Recycling, Resources, where2where 16/174 Comments

An alternative to the common doggy dirt bags

January 26, 2017February 19, 2019 Team w2w54

Introduction A plastic bag is used on an average of just 25 minutes. Its production consumes petroleum and requires a lot of energy, dioxin is released … Continue reading An alternative to the common doggy dirt bags

Recycling, Resources, Waste & Pollution, where2where 16/172 Comments

PolyEthylenTerephthalat

January 26, 2017January 31, 2021 Team w2w9

We wanted to write something about PET-bottles because they are an everyday object that deserves to get more attention from the public. The effects it has on our environment are considerable but even more remarkable are the great efforts that … Continue reading PolyEthylenTerephthalat

Lifestyle, Recycling, where2where 16/179 Comments

The story behind fashion

January 26, 2017April 22, 2019 Team w2w44

Overview We chose the LifeCycle of the H&M clothes as we are both very interested in fashion and want to know where our clothes come from. H&M promotes a huge recycling project. The H&M stores collect old clothes and according … Continue reading The story behind fashion

Fabrication, Lifestyle, Recycling, where2where 16/173 Comments

The everlasting tarpaulin bag

January 23, 2017February 17, 2019 Team w2w36

Interesting fact: All the materials of our product «a bag made out of tarpaulin» is recycled. They have a never ending lifecycle, because the idea of the bag is to use it for more than a life time without getting … Continue reading The everlasting tarpaulin bag

Fabrication, Lifestyle, where2where 16/175 Comments

The journey of shoes

January 20, 2017February 18, 2019 Team w2w52

Introduction We noticed that at lot of People think that Timberland boots are too expensive. Therefore, we wanted to find out how much the production cost and how much profit they get. Furthermore, we were very interested in the materials … Continue reading The journey of shoes

Lifestyle, Recycling, where2where 16/174 Comments

What’s behind the coffee capsule?

January 20, 2017December 18, 2021 Team w2w13

What’s up coffee Lovers? In our T&U class, we decided to take “Coffee Capsules” as our website project subject. We specialized our project on Nespresso coffee capsules, because Nespresso is one of the leading coffee brands and also owned by … Continue reading What’s behind the coffee capsule?

Recycling, Resources, where2where 16/178 Comments

THE ROLLING LIFECYCLE OF A TIRE

January 20, 2017February 17, 2019 Team w2w53

Introduction Tires are everywhere. There are tires for cars, for bicycles, there are big tires and small tires, soft tires and hard tires. Tires could be … Continue reading THE ROLLING LIFECYCLE OF A TIRE

Recycling, Resources, where2where 16/179 Comments

A life without copper – is it possible?

January 20, 2017February 19, 2019 Team w2w42

Eine Welt ohne Kupfer ist schwer vorstellbar. Wir verlassen uns auf Kupfer beim Strom, der Beleuchtung, der Heizung, der Kommunikation, der Wasserversorgung und dem Transport. Kupfer macht unsere Häuser, Schulen und Unternehmen effizient, gemütlich und dekorativ und es hält viele … Continue reading A life without copper – is it possible?

Lifestyle, Recycling, Resources, where2where 16/1713 Comments

Plastic Bags – only used for 12 minutes

January 20, 2017February 19, 2019 Team w2w50

As plastic bags are controversially discussed these days, we chose the topic plastic bags. We would like to find out whether the use of plasitc bag causes great pollution or are environmentally friendly. To find out how other people think … Continue reading Plastic Bags – only used for 12 minutes

Fabrication, Lifestyle, where2where 16/174 Comments

See, the story of a mirror

January 19, 2017February 19, 2019 Team w2w47

Mirror We have choosen an object, which we use every day and we actually don’t know a lot about it. So we decided to take the mirror, because every morning in the bathroom or when we drive by car, we … Continue reading See, the story of a mirror

Food, Recycling, where2where 16/174 Comments

The Story of Chips

January 17, 2017February 19, 2019 Team w2w41

The reason why we have chosen this topic is because our team loves Zweifel Chips and we had a fair amount of questions about that company. Swiss made? Loads of Swiss consumers like to check the origin of goods in … Continue reading The Story of Chips

Fabrication, Recycling, Resources, where2where 16/173 Comments

The life cycle of newspapers

January 17, 2017February 19, 2019 Team w2w48

Paper cycle The printing center get the paper from the swiss company Perlen Papier AG. Every day 3 trains with 4 cabins arrive by the company … Continue reading The life cycle of newspapers

Fabrication, Food, Recycling, where2where 16/178 Comments

The life cycle of a Swiss glass bottle

January 17, 2017February 19, 2019 Team w2w43

We have chosen “Elmer citro glass bottles”, because we wanted to take a thing, which we use everyday. Honestly, we both don’t drink citro everyday, but I am sure that there are people who drink Elmer citro or Elmer mineral … Continue reading The life cycle of a Swiss glass bottle

Mobility, Recycling, where2where 16/174 Comments
Jet Engine and City View

Have a pleasant flight with where2where

January 13, 2017February 19, 2019 Team w2w19

During the last few weeks, we have dealt with the life cycle and the recycling of aircraft as part of our project “Project Website”. In Addition, we have researched an environmentally-friendly alternative energy and a calculator with that you can … Continue reading Have a pleasant flight with where2where

Lifestyle, Resources, where2where 16/173 Comments

Check the watch!

January 12, 2017February 19, 2019 Team w2w10

In this project, we would like to report about some materials that are often used for making a watch. For us it is noticeable that many … Continue reading Check the watch!

Food, where2where 16/178 Comments

The Beef Cycle

January 10, 2017February 18, 2019 Team w2w26

The Beef Cycle We picked beef as our life cycle project, because we want to show how beef is produced and we also want raise awareness (Bewusstsein) about human beef consumption habits. We have become accustomed (gewohnt) to buying beef … Continue reading The Beef Cycle

Food, where2where 16/179 Comments

The life cycle of bread

December 29, 2016February 19, 2019 Team w2w27

Bread is a staple food in our culture. The majority eats it nearly every day. But how much do we know about our beloved bread? Where does it comes from? And especially where does it go, if not eaten? Can … Continue reading The life cycle of bread

Fabrication, Recycling, where2where 16/173 Comments

Paper’s life cycle

December 23, 2016February 19, 2019 Team w2w17

Paper is a daily life item. It is used in so many different ways. We use it without making any thoughts about it. In a group of three, we wanted to find out more about paper itself. What paper is … Continue reading Paper’s life cycle

Fabrication, Recycling, Resources, where2where 16/176 Comments

Life cycle of a cooking pan

December 16, 2016February 19, 2019 Team w2w49

We have chosen a typical every day product. Our focus is on the production and recycling process of pans. We are interested to know more about the toxic components and what kind of effect they have on the environment. We … Continue reading Life cycle of a cooking pan

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The Website Project “w2w” 2016/17 is completed

November 26, 2016January 10, 2020 Eliane Suter, Board of THE ! association

Discover the life cycle of every-day things! The project started with the idea of having a website created by students last year. And it worked out fine! After launching the website “Don’t waste my energy” a year ago, this year’s … Continue reading The Website Project “w2w” 2016/17 is completed


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