Flood of Boxes
I tried to dump a cardboard box in the recycling bin, and I was reprimanded. Now I recall the days of move-in and how we weren't allowed to 'recycle' the cardboard boxes of stuff. We had to throw them into the dumpster. If we have separate bins for office paper and newspaper, why can't we have one for cardboard? Then again, not many people follow the rules on the bins; I realized it maybe one to two months in that the two blue bins were there for a purpose. It would probably be easiest to lump everything in one giant bin. Call it the "waste bin." Solves all the difficulties, right?
posted by Greening It @ 11:44 PM
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I had this idea for a self-sorting recycling bin. Picture all of the little blue bins in one housing with a conveyer belt atop them. All the user sees is one opening to put their can/paper/cardboard in and a simple button interface (mayhaps a touchscreen, even). Insert said recyclable into opening. Tell the contraption what you've put in; enter material name *or* recyling code (that little number). Conveyer belt starts a half-cycle. Depending on the material entered, a "redirector" (essentially a wedge) is extended onto the belt. The product is pushed by the conveyer belt along the angle of the wedge, eventually pushing it into the appropriate bin. Belt stops. Lazy user smiles.
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