Portable Ashtray

Portable Ashtray

A solution to littering of cigarette butts if the city center of Karlskrona

Programme: Industrial Economy, class of 2017

Course: MT2568 Value Innovation

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Challenge: Find alternativ methods to reduce littering of cigarette butts.

Solution: A portable ashtray connected to the cigarette package. For easier understanding of the idea and solution we wanted to adapt the effectiveness of a snus lid for people using snus.

Impact:With data collected we expect a reduction in littering as this solution is implemented.

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Project team: 

  • Tim Åkesson, Industrial Economy, class of 2017
  • Kevin Sandström, Industrial Economy, class of 2017
  • Kevin Hallberg, Industrial Economy, class of 2017
  • Ludwig Neuman, Industrial Economy, class of 2017