Building a planter system using waste materials using value engineering environmental assessment

Abstract

AbstractEnvironmental challenges are significant threats to the planet; most of them are human-made hazards. Researchers are studying various environmental threats and trying to flourish sustainable policy for protecting the environment from various challenges worldwide. In Kuwait, researchers are paying attention to these various challenges and trying to reduce these issues in the most effective, economically innovative, and localized ways. Desertification and lack of water are the major significant examples of natural challenges faced by the environment. The fundamental goal of this study was to propose and implement a more cost-effective and economical alternative to the commercial Waterboxx kits technology. In this proposed work, the research team rebuilt a new prototype based on Value Engineering, whose functionalities are homogeneous to the most popular Waterboxx kits technology. Unlike the Waterboxx kits method, the new proposed framework decreased operational and capital expenditures and reduced the complexity of development and implementation by regular farmers. Since recycled plastic sheets and used tires are employed in the new method as grist, this method helps us fight against desertification and provide a better way to handle the ever-growing massive dumpsters of tires in the region of Kuwait; hence it helps us in getting rid of hazards due to the tire fires and bring in a more safe and friendly environment. A better substitute has been identified concerning the value from various substitutes considered for developing the prototype using a thorough examination with the help of the Function Analysis System Technique (FAST). A prototype of the proposed method was constructed and tested in a controlled lab atmosphere followed by an actual environment. Analysis of both soil and water on the experiment site was performed before and after the proposed prototype testing for conducting a cross-comparison of soil. This evaluation was performed to ensure the method we fabricated and tested is an effective environment-safe model. The simulation and analysis of the proposed method are very effective as the already existing model reduced and saved the cost of implementation. The cost reduced by the new proposed VE method than the already available model was 43.84% without paying attention to the intangible costs related to another environmental challenge, recycling waste materials that may also build up the cost-saving. This study illustrates how the proposed Value Engineering-based model became the foremost baseline method for developing a new innovative model to reduce cost and patentable design.