OFFICIAL REPORT

GD3 - Activity FEEDBACK REPORT Counterpart meeting 

1 - Monday - counterpart meeting On Monday we had our first meeting with the counterpart company aiming to share our initial idea. Gabriel Novato led our presentation to the company and they liked our EcoToys initial idea, saying it is totally feasible in partnership with the company marketing department. However, there are several statutory difficulties when you try to establish a partnership between companies and governmental entities, as public schools. According to the company feedback, our development process is in halfway. For making this possible, first of all, we should think about all the logistic systems (as transport and storage) and the partner companies that are going to recycle this material. The meeting led us to rethink all the ideas, bringing us to brand new opportunities such as working directly to informal waste collectors cooperatives. 

2 - Tuesday - tutors called us On Tuesday our tutors called each one of us to cheer us up. This action was really helpful and encouraging for all the members of the group. The counterpart meeting brought us to a despondent mood. 

3 - Wednesday - brainstorm Main point: Tracking the Tetra Pak During this meeting with the group, we talked about how we could track the Tetra Pack. We talked about using radio frequency identification (RFID) and using QR Codes. One of the main ideas we discussed was a tracking methodology based on cashback. It would work like some apps that already exist which return money, but in this case, it would return discounts in products in an agreement with supermarkets, grocery stores, and other companies. We discussed how it was going to work, through a mobile application, maybe making partnerships with other companies, etc. We also talked about doing the tracking by “lots” of product. In conclusion, we were thinking and researching ways to track the product, to have statistics about the amount of packages that are recycled. 

4 - Thursday - light On Thursday, one light at the end of the tunnel. When we were almost hopeless. we had an idea! Thinking in cooperatives partnerships. We have thought a lot about tracking methods, but our counterpart said it’s not necessary because they already have a solution to this question. They also agreed about our campaign idea, but we have got to improve it. We did some research about tracking systems like blockchain for logistics and how to improve the collecting process. 

5 - Friday - reality immersion and report Today we started the day trying a reality immersion. We called (and some of us went to) cooperatives and recycling companies, trying to understand better this reality and what do they really need beyond the regular payment for the packages. During the afternoon we had a meeting with our tutors to talk about our last week, our feelings and to organize our ideas according to our morning immersion experience. We also decided who is going to be the next week leader.