We believe, that we can help increasing the purity of the waste produced in relation to food consumption on the festival, by making the sorting process fun and interactive, and by simplifying the sorting process. This, we want to accomplish by creating two intelligent waste bins for organic and general waste, respectively, with implemented sensor technology. Bintelligent will detect when a festival guest approaches, and then verbally instruct the guest on which waste fraction is to be deposited in the specific bin, to nudge people into sorting correctly. Furthermore, the mass of the waste deposited by the guest will be weighed and illustrated on a small screen, as well as the environmental benefit from sorting correctly. The purpose of this feature is to help the guests understand the value of waste sorting. It will be tested if Bintelligent has an effect on the purity of the waste, by manually collecting and sorting the waste on a daily basis from bintelligent, regular bins and from bins with clear instructions, throughout the festival. Bintelligent will be located at food court.
During the festival, the waste from Bintelligent and reference bins were manually collectied and sorted to determine the purity of the waste from the bins. A user survey was also conducted to investigate the waste sorting behaviour of the festival guests, both at home and while being on festival, as well as their experience of using Bintelligent. People were generally rating their waste sorting behaviour to be very poor at the festival, compared to at home. In that connection, 60% of the respondents answered that they did not experience that they were provided with the option of waste sorting on the festival. Almost 50% of the respondents answered, that on a scale from 1-5, they ranked the experience of using Bintelligent to 5 compared to the general festival bins.
The things people liked about Bintelligent:
- That it gave them the option of waste sorting
- The verbal communication
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, grant agreement no. 741402. It is one of the pilot actions under Social Lab 18 “Instruments of Horizon2020"