Ovetto Recycling Bin
To promote domestic recycling, an object was needed that met the primary need of practicality.
This container is divided into three compartments, which are distinguished with three different colours that match those of the outdoor recycling bins (for example paper and cardboard, organic waste, etc.). Each compartment has a door for bag removal – which is also the same colour as the compartment – and a small opening with a cover for waste deposit. The covers close tightly so that bad odours cannot escape. On the top, in the centre, there is a crusher for plastic bottles that reduces the volume of the waste, allowing a larger number of bottles to be collected.
This item not only meets the primary need of function and beauty; it also serves to educate people to respect the environment by helping them correctly dispose of waste, so that it can be recycled, by increasing number of “habits” performed daily, during everyday life. For this reason, this container could also be used in open spaces, in all public areas where it is necessary that this “habit” continue; to identify waste prior to tossing it into the provided container.
