Bincentive

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My earliest memory was when I lived in Saint Louis. My father and I went on a walk at a nearby park, and all I remembered seeing were bottles and cans littered along the sidewalk, lake, and grass. From where I stood, I saw three recycling bins within view, and none of them were full. I tried picking up as many as I could, but there were simply too much.

Psychology leads me to believe that people simply aren't altruistic. They do things for gain of themselves. So I wanted to come up with a solution where the recycler gets an immediate win along with the planet. I came up with Bincentive, a device that allows the user to directly receive payment upon placing a bottle or can into a recycling bin. Its innovative design makes it much more convenient to the user, and cheaper to the city, than traditional reverse vending machines. It's simply a camera, receiver, battery, solar panel, wiring, and a microcontroller, and attaches to any existing recycling bin.

People now have an B-incentive (haha) to clean up parks, and recycle bottles and cans, and if this business succeeds, that 292.4 million tons of wasted potential, would finally be put to use.

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