Bins 2.0
In collaboration with NUS - Office of Facilities Management
Recycling Redesigned
B R I E F
Identifying problems causing the low recycling rates and issues with recycling contaminations within the campus. To redesign the campus' recycling experience across a period of 13 weeks.
R E S E A R C H
User surveys, prototypes and design prompts were set-up to give a better understanding of users' habits and attitude towards recycling. In-depth one-to-one interviews were done to identify barriers to recycling while trial runs of prototypes were done across several weeks. Recyclables were also counted at the end of each experiment.
I N T R O D U C T I O N
Identifying the lack of visibility as the key problem to low recycling rates and difficulty in understanding recycling steps, Bins 2.0 was create to educate and help students in NUS identify the right bins and the correct way to use them.
"What if recycling bins are..." nudging exercise to redefine the archetype of recycling bins and rethink how they can be perceived
B I N S 2.0
Extensive user research, prototypes, interviews and test-runs done to nudge and educate users on correctly identifying recyclables vs non-recyclables. Thus, bins 2.0 were developed.
Meet the old (L) and new (R) bins.
Adjusted instruction placement to be angled towards eye level and with simple graphical representations of icons to afford quicker understanding.
Side tab was incorporated to allow users an instant identification of bins -
no matter the direction it is placed.
no matter the direction it is placed.
Designed to be modular, enabling diverse configurations and
more flexible placements within the school campus.
more flexible placements within the school campus.
Behind the scenes
I M P L E M E N T A T I O N
The final design was selected to be further developed and fabricated by NUS OFM, and to be pilot tested in the National University of Singapore.