The 4th Bin
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Project Team Members: Mykie Hrusovski
Project Summary:
The competition brief suggests that amending the disparity between “our collective green conscience and our infrastructure” can solve our e-waste problem. Rather, we contend that the best solution is one which embraces the basic concept of reuse. We believe that introducing new products (bins) for the purposes of managing e-waste is contradictory to green consciousness. In conjunction with the e-waste processing stations, our entry employs the retooling and reuse of varying types of newspaper dispensers as e-waste bins. With Internet news sources gaining more followers, the prominent steel fixtures which dot streetscapes are nearing disuse. Along with keeping these out of the landfills, reusing these vending boxes provides an archaeological record of the evolution of information sharing as it simultaneously comments on the casualties of technological evolution. Drastically reducing the cost of a new, potentially expensive initiative, newspaper boxes already exist and are strategically located. This omnipresence also boosts the ease with which such a measure can adapt to new laws.
Their location accurately reflects the density of readership, and thus, the population where installed. In rural areas (less dense neighborhoods), newspaper delivery boxes are used; and coin-operated machines are used in more dense neighborhoods. Our entry capitalizes on, and underscores these preexisting strengths. The ability to recycle e-waste must mirror the ubiquity of electronics use. Accordingly, instead of being concealed behind walls, e-waste bins and the act of recycling should be dramatically displayed and integrated into the landscapes of everyday life. The use of retooled newspaper vending boxes provides the perfect avenue for doing so.
Incentives:
In its use of disused newspaper bins, this entry promotes e-cycling by first being recycled and exemplifying recycling. By putting the act of recycling and even the bins' contents on display, the entry also succeeds at being informative as one readily sees items diverted from landfills. Communities can take pride in seeing their bins and know that they are truly doing their part.
Untitled
Project Team Members: Mykie Hrusovski
Project Summary:
The competition brief suggests that amending the disparity between “our collective green conscience and our infrastructure” can solve our e-waste problem. Rather, we contend that the best solution is one which embraces the basic concept of reuse. We believe that introducing new products (bins) for the purposes of managing e-waste is contradictory to green consciousness. In conjunction with the e-waste processing stations, our entry employs the retooling and reuse of varying types of newspaper dispensers as e-waste bins. With Internet news sources gaining more followers, the prominent steel fixtures which dot streetscapes are nearing disuse. Along with keeping these out of the landfills, reusing these vending boxes provides an archaeological record of the evolution of information sharing as it simultaneously comments on the casualties of technological evolution. Drastically reducing the cost of a new, potentially expensive initiative, newspaper boxes already exist and are strategically located. This omnipresence also boosts the ease with which such a measure can adapt to new laws.
Their location accurately reflects the density of readership, and thus, the population where installed. In rural areas (less dense neighborhoods), newspaper delivery boxes are used; and coin-operated machines are used in more dense neighborhoods. Our entry capitalizes on, and underscores these preexisting strengths. The ability to recycle e-waste must mirror the ubiquity of electronics use. Accordingly, instead of being concealed behind walls, e-waste bins and the act of recycling should be dramatically displayed and integrated into the landscapes of everyday life. The use of retooled newspaper vending boxes provides the perfect avenue for doing so.
Incentives:
In its use of disused newspaper bins, this entry promotes e-cycling by first being recycled and exemplifying recycling. By putting the act of recycling and even the bins' contents on display, the entry also succeeds at being informative as one readily sees items diverted from landfills. Communities can take pride in seeing their bins and know that they are truly doing their part.