Brabantia came to the University with the brief “The Bin of the Future” it was a group project and my group selected the sub brief “Technology and the Bin”. This was all about incorporating technology in a new and useful way within a bin. We created a bin called the “Weigh Bin” it encouraged people to recycle by tracking how much they through away.

With new “Chip and Bin” or “Pay as You Throw” schemes coming into play in many councils, the Weigh Bin can help people manage the cost of there rubbish. It displays to them how much in money terms they are throwing away and gives them an estimate of how much that month could cost. This estimate will help remind the user to try and recycle as when the value is high the user will be shocked and try to recycle as much as possible. The larger the estimate is the brighter the display will show, this helps bring to attention the fact that they are throwing lots away, and that it is going to cost them.