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Garbage can full of fun!
Garbage can full of fun!
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Can I ensure that adults no longer see waste separation as an obligation but as a relief?
Can this be achieved by means of visually more attractive trash cans and childlike playfulness in the bins?
Based on this design question, I set to work and just started experimenting. Making waste visible on the outside of a garbage can should look tasty and not rot. Vacuum forming was a godsend, because that way the shape becomes aesthetic.
The playful element is the most important thing to come to the fore, at least with the prototype. As inspiration for the shape I used a korfball basket. This way people can throw away their waste in a playful way!
Desk research: existing projects Buts & Bits and Return and earn.
Desk research: existing waste bin designs. What kind of variation can be found in this already? And what works?
I created a survey based on my research (which can be seen in the images below) and it has been answered by a lot of people. This survey can be seen here on the left and is about the way of separating waste and the colors of waste bins.
The outside of the waste bins must represent in a beautiful way what kind of waste should be put in. By means of vacuum forming you can easily make molds to process them on the outside. Making plate material with waste processed was also an option. Because I opted for a round chalice shape, which can be seen in sketch form below, the sheet material became difficult.
To test the game element, I first made a game board with holes in it with colors. The purpose of this board is that people will throw certain types of waste into the holes with the correct color. To test it, plastic, paper and residual waste were used. In the end it became a great chaos, but the game element clearly pays off and the right waste is in the right color.
To test the concept, I made a prototype of the final shape. The shape is welded together with metal and bent to the correct angle
It was quite a challenge to make it upright, as the hood made it top heavy. But with some weight at the bottom, that problem was solved and it was ready to be tested.
On-site testing is quite exciting, but yielded good results. People are curious and provide a lot of new input for the design. Unfortunately this was the final phase of the project, but I would have liked to have developed and fine-tuned it even further.
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