My Action Plan

The project that I am going to be doing for my Recycling and Sustainability elective is to design a recycling bin that makes recycling more appealing to children. The new recycling bin must be eye catching and more appealing to children then the boring ones the councils have. Another fact is that the recycling bins provided by the councils are often huge things that kids can't reach to put anything into.

What kid is going to be able to reach that?

This Snoopy recycling bin is an example of a 'fun' recycling bin placed in a school that encourages the kids to recycle more.

My plan of action is to design recycling bins for schools that are the right size for kids and will be more appealing to the children, making them want to recycle. The age group that I am looking at will be younger children, under 12, because kids older than that are pretty ecologically aware anyway and don't need bright colours and characters to attract their attention.

Instead of simply making the bins brightly coloured, I intend to personalise them using cartoonish characters.

WEEK ONE: Research and preliminary sketches, pick an idea to run with.
WEEK TWO: Development of ideas, and experimentation
WEEK THREE: Developing the final idea and preparing the presentation.

-HJ x