Packaging that sorts itself out from the rest of the rubbish: the re-usable solution that works in our messy world.

The Self-Sorting Objects and the Entropy Machine were outcomes of a project exploring the application of the concept of entropy to messy situations. As the Entropy Machine randomly jostles the Self-Sorting Objects, they gradually un-mix, sorting themselves into combines of their respective colour. This is based on the process through which atoms and molecules crystallise into solid materials.

The technology behind the self-sorting objects could be used to create self-sorting packaging – thereby helping out with the notoriously messy problem of rubbish. This packaging would sort itself out both from the rest of the rubbish and from the self-sorting packaging of other companies.

Large combines of different packaging could then be easily reclaimed by their manufacturers for re-filling and re-use. The only equipment required by the processing facility would be a simple tumbler.

By reducing the cost of sorting, self-sorting packaging could provide the technology that makes re-usable packaging economically viable here in the UK, and in the rest of the developed world, providing significant benefits to the environment.

Ross Atkin
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