The winner for The 4th Bin Design Competition, a call for an electronic waste logo and recycling bin for New York City is the ‘Expand Recycling’ from the Netherlands. The design team consists of Lovisa Nersing, Giovanni Doci, John Kock, Marcel Schreuder, Niels Caris, Volker Pflüger, Christian Wiciok, Renze Rispens and Cornelia Einicke. It is intended to be stationed as the common recycling area for apartment and office buildings. A facility manager looks after the bin’s activities such as moving the recycling containers to the curbside or when it is full. A transmitter and a sensor in the bin alerts the recycling company when it is moved from the original spot and also helps in giving them the chance to customize the pickup routes and work more efficiently.

The bin only takes up the space that is necessary for its content. The bin is made of Biopregs®, an environmentally friendly bio-composite that can be folded to create the two main parts of the bin and the bag is made of a heavy duty fabric with a chemical proof coating.

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