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Thinking Green! Worksheet

We need to Explore several examples of real-world problems environmental engineers solve and ways
environmental engineers are solving these problems. Using what you learned, design a product or
service that people in your community can use to help solve an environmental issue. Here are some
questions to help you out:
 What big environmental issue do you want to solve?
 What specific part of this environmental issue are you looking to fix?
 What exactly will your product/service do to help solve this problem?
 What information do you need about the issue in order to design your product/service?

If you have information that you need to know about your issue in order to design your product/service,
use the internet to search for this information. List information you find from this research below.

Microplastic Identification App: The app will provide a simple and user-friendly tool that allows users
to identify microplastics in their cosmetics by scanning the ingredients on packaging.

Now that you have a product or service drawn out, write answers to the questions you considered when
designing your product or service:

1. What big environmental issue do you want to solve? How is your product or service solving that
issue?
9 out of every 10 cosmetic products contain forever polluting microplastics. This was concluded in
a study by BeatTheMicroBead by analyzing 7704 cosmetic and care products of the most popular
brands of the four biggest cosmetic producers in Europe.
This app will identify whether the scanned cosmetic product contains microplastic or not and
suggest similar products to users that do not contain microplastic.

2. What specific part of this environmental issue are you looking to fix?
This will help tackle causing of cancer, chronic inflammation, or other effects caused by absorption
of microplastic by sweat glands, hair follicles and open wounds.

3. What exactly will your product/service do to help solve this problem?

The app will provide a simple and user-friendly tool that allows users to identify microplastics in
their cosmetics by scanning the ingredients on packaging.

4. What information about the issue did you consider to design your product/service?
 I went through the internet to find out harmful environmental issues and found that microplastics
were very harmful. After researching more about them, I came up with the idea of this app.
5. Now that you have designed your product/service, use the space below to write an advertisement
selling what you’ve designed. Be creative!
Did you know? 9 out of every 10 cosmetic products contain forever polluting microplastics which
can cause skin cancer and other harmful diseases. It’s best to avoid these products. But how you
know if the product you use contains any microplastic?
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