And the best part about the game is...

IT WILL NEVER END!

Once you run out of the waste materials provided to you in the game, just go around your house and collect all the reusable trash that you would've otherwise thrown away without thinking of twice. Use these materials in your game, and you'll be glad you didn't add 'your own' waste to all the trash that's out there anyway.
Moreover, it will get your creative brain cells churning.

Here are a couple of examples:

Way too many bottle caps lying around in your house? Make some innovative and attractive use of them!

Here's a great use of old and rusty keys.

An old plastic cup and some Popsicle sticks will do the trick!  

The internet helps.

Here are some examples we found on the internet that used waste materials to create amazing, innovative things. 

(A regular clothes-line clip and a couple of painted candy sticks. A perfect toy for a toddler, or a decorative item for your one of your shelves!)

(This is the cutest wall hanging I've ever seen!)

(This is the best use of waste chemistry lab materials that I have seen till date.)

The educational aspect.

To make the game more educational, we added fact cards and task cards. 

Fact cards allow players to ask other players questions about waste disposal. If the player gets it right they earn money, if they get it wrong they lose some money. 

Task cards on the other hand allow players to earn bonus money or make innovative products outside of the given framework/without any restrictions.  

For example: If you get a task card to make anything you like, you can probably build something like this from the materials provided to you in the game.

How it works.

Our board game, It's not waste, is a simple board game, much like the ones available in the market right now. It is different, in the goals it aims to achieve. It is a beneficial game for people of any age, culture and sex. 

The entire board game is made from reused waste products. 

(The first prototype we made. Our first attempt at the game.)

The set includes a variety of waste products such as metal products, paper, thread, glue, and wood, to name a few. Each player receives some amount of money at the beginning of the game and earns more as they play ahead. 

The board is divided into segments, and depending on where the player lands when he/she rolls the die, he/she must follow the instructions. If the player lands on a segment that asks him/her to collect money, he/she collects it from an impartial player who acts as the money manager.  

The main objective is to earn money and buy materials from the impartial player in order to build something beneficial, creative and inventive out of the waste materials depending on the segment they land on. 

We thought of different themes for the game, such as a house, office, school, etc., which provides a framework, for the players to build something in. 
In the one presented, we used the theme of a home. So for example, if the player lands on the kitchen segment, they can buy materials from the impartial player and build something that they think can be used in the kitchen. After making it, the impartial player judges how much money the product is worth. 

The game has no time limit and can be played until the players want to. And the winner is decided based on the amount of money he has left and the number of items he/she has built. 

The beginning.

One of the major concerns in the world currently, is the unending waste produced by our ever-increasing population. 

People fail to understand how many of the things we just trash without thinking twice about them, can be reused in creative and innovative ways.

In order to educate more people about waste disposal while reusing current waste, we came up with a board game. 

It addresses the problem of disposal of waste, as it encourages more people to see the benefits of reusing waste, and focuses on making people more aware of the current waste management problem in a fun and interactive way.