EcoShred Bin
A Shredder to Shred Plastic Bottles and Metal Soda Cans
Initial Phase
Growing up, I have always witnessed and have been disturbed by the lack of sustainable waste management. This problem has led to a bit too many climatic issues which I also touch upon in my research.
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Unable to sit still, wanting to begin working on solving this problem promptly, I built a Shredder dustbin named “EcoShred Bin” which shreds both plastic and lighter forms of metal. This dustbin reduces the volume of the waste entering the bin, and therefore can hold 80% more volume than a traditional one.
Methodology
The methodology behind the reduction of waste is that the shredder reduces the volume of the waste by shredding it into tiny pieces.We installed the Ecoshred Bin in “Templ Group of Institutions.” It has made the staff’s task of collecting plastic and metal waste easier as more students and teachers are encouraged to put waste into the dustbin reducing the strewn around waste previously found near the cafeteria.