Funk Bin
Design
The Funk Bin is a funky and modular recycling bin made from 100% recycled consumer, commercial and industrial plastic waste using our unique manufacturing and recycling process. Its purpose is to offer customisation and choice to household or commercial plastic separation, while changing the behaviours and attitudes towards recycling.It comes in 30L modules which can be screwed together to form 60L bins for the office, retail or restaurants. The lids come in different colour mixes, so each bin help businesses to and identify separate their waste streams. Each unique colour mix are ‘Critical’ special mixes made directly from a particular plastic waste stream. For example, blues come from plastic milk bottle lids. Once a Funk bin has reached an end of life, it can then be recycled into new FUNK bins and the circular cycle continues. We were approached by significant NZ waste, recycling and compost collection companies who told us on several occasions that was a need for smaller bins at home, office, supermarket and retail and restaurant industries. We have since conducted many months testing, prototypeing and end user interviews to understand and solve their problem – which is how we came up with the design.