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unBINlievable

unBINlievable is a project that I was set from my university, we were working with Bristol Waste, Leafield Environmental and community activists around Bedmister. The problem we were tasked to solve was the issue with the bins in this area of Bristol. People were not organising their recycling and was appropriately and leaving their bins out on the street, making it difficult for people to get past. This live problem brief was a great opportunity to solve a real problem in a small community of people and to try and make change.  

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In the initial stages to this project we went to Bedmister in Bristol to interview and ask people in the area about the bins and their opinions on the waste in the community. Getting a general overview of the communities opinions on the problem we are trying to solve. This first hand research was key to finding out the information we needed to start making our design solutions. 

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I then gathered some first hand research on what shapes and colours children prefer to see what I could incorporate into my bin. This research to see what stand out to children was 

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