Trash-to-Cash: Der intelligente Mülleimer -

Ein Designansatz zur Optimierung der Mülltrennung im Sinne der Kreislaufwirtschaft

Lale Gülmez

Februar 2025

Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen

Description

What if there were a kind of deposit system for packaging waste? Despite the separation system and the supposedly high recycling rates in Germany, many valuable materials are still lost in packaging waste. The central question of this project therefore focuses on whether early, material-based separation of packaging waste — at the household level — could increase recycling rates and, through a user-friendly return system, create double value: resource conservation and circular economy.