ATTENTION
Refunctioning and Re-recognising
An Interview
Situation: Interview someone about a topic of interest to you based on Refunctioning and Re-recognising to get another opinion
Discovery – Explore a range of interview questions
Interpretation – Consider your ideas/topic. What do I feel needs to be refunctioned or re-recognised?
Experimentation – Write a draft set of questions suitable to find out more about your topic and opinion from someone else
Outcomes – Write up the interview questions and responses and explain the overall opinion from the person you have interviewed.
Set of five interview questions as an example:
Here are five thoughtful interview questions focused on refunctioning plastic waste, suitable for discussions, projects, or sustainability interviews:
What innovative ways can plastic waste be refunctioned into useful products instead of being recycled or discarded?
How can refunctioning plastics contribute to reducing environmental pollution compared to traditional recycling methods?
What industries have the greatest potential to refunction plastic waste, and how could they scale these solutions?
What challenges—technical, economic, or social—might limit our ability to refunction plastics effectively?
How can communities, designers, and governments work together to encourage creative reuses of plastic waste?
Here are five student‑friendly interview questions on refunctioning plastic waste, using clear language and encouraging personal thinking:
Why do you think plastic waste is a big problem today, and how could reusing or refunctioning plastics help?
Can you think of any everyday items that could be made from reused plastic instead of new materials?
Have you seen or tried any creative ways to reuse plastic at home or at school? What were they?
What skills or subjects (like science, design, or technology) do you think are important for finding new uses for plastic waste?
If you could design one product from plastic waste to help your community, what would it be and why?