ScrubTub
Improving the hygiene of street food.
Team of 5
Duration- 3 months
Finalist: Taiwan International Student Design Competition 2021
Why should we solve the problem?
Street food is perceived to be a major public health risk due to a lack of basic infrastructure and services but in India this problem is ignored to such an extent that it is presumed that the peculiar taste to street food is due to the unhygienic practices. This insight sparked an opportunity to redefine the hygienic practices.
Problem Statement
How might we improve the hygiene of Street food and small scale Restaurants?
Understanding the struggles faced by vendors.
Serving Utensils used by Vendors
Vendors with more capital tend to use a metal plate to serve. Whereas vendors with lesser capital tend to use single-use disposable plates/bowls.
The Real Scenario
The street food vendors were aware of food hygiene and had a favourable attitude towards it, but it was not translated in their hygiene practice.
Initiative by FSSAI
FSSAI launched the Eat Right Moment, aimed at getting citizens to choose healthier food and dietary options and also ensuring food safety- from procurement to consumption and disposal.
By focusing on improving the hygiene of utensils, we can solve 77.7% of health issues that are caused due to street food.
Insights from the Research
83%
street food breakfast vendors use reusable plates.
50%
vendors carry only 5 - 20 litres of water to sales point, this water is not enough for dishwashing and food preparation.
38%
According to the Public Health Association, only 38% wash their hands with soap before eating and only 30% before preparing food.
65%
vendors use single-use plates like paper dish, plastic container, aluminium foil plate, etc.
Redefined Problem Statement
How might we improve the hygiene of breakfast serving vendors?
After a feasible evaluation of available research data, we realized that chaat vendors are not the ones who use reusable plates more but breakfast vendors are the ones who use reusable plates more.
Market Opportunity
There is no tool/ equipment that caters the needs of a Street Vendor. These vendors use some flexible approach to clean the utensils with available resources or use a disposable paper wrap on the plate.
1. 77% of people fall sick due to consumption of unhygienic street
food.
2. Post COVID-19 scenarios will demand higher hygienic practice
from food industry.
3. Current cleaning environment of food vendors is very
unpleasant.
Requirements
Must have
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Easy to use
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Affordable
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Reduces water waste
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Effective cleaning
Should have
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Easy to carry
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Less space required
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Less time consumed
Nice have
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Sustainable
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Automatic
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Versatile
Brainstorming & Ideation
Conceptualization
Considering all aspects of the problem we came up with three directions :
Cleaning Aid Approach
Sustainable Approach
Alternative Product
Cleaning Aid Approach had more shortlisted ideas so we used a strategy wheel/spider web diagram to filter out ideas.
Easy to carry
Consumes less space
Simple to use
Should have maximum use
Affordable
Idea A
Idea B
Idea C
Idea D
Idea E
Ideas to Concepts
Final Concept
A compact cleaning aid for breakfast vendors and small scale restaurants which is affordable, easy to use and does effective cleaning. A perfect solution that reduces vendors efforts and cleaning process time to avoid major risks to health.
How to use ScrubTub
Cleaning of serving utensils using ScrubTub is a very easy job.
For plates: Insert a plate between the bristles, rotate and rinse it in the water tub.
For glasses, spoons and forks, insert and rotate them inside the glass/ spoon cleaner and rinse it using water from the water tub.
ScrubTub is a cleaning aid that be carried anywhere in a hassle free manner. After your job is done, just stack the cleaning tub into the rinsing tub and you are ready to take it anywhere you want.
