Diagram - Paper Cup Recycling - 15 tons of paper cups are consumed every day in NYC. That’s 136,050 paper cups that head to the landfill everyday. If stacked, the cups would measure 3 times as tall as the Empire State Building. WAX-COATED PAPER CUP Recycling is a trash receptacle and system specifically for the collection and recycling of used wax-coated paper cups. This NYC case study could adapt any city in US.
Cupcollector - CUPCOLLECTOR is a trash receptical only for paper cups for recycling. 1: Push your cup with a lid to 1 and pull your cup. It automatically take a lid from your cup. 2: Put your cup in 2 and step on the pedal with your foot. It crashes your cup for recycling.
Prototype (CUPCOLLECTOR) - This is a prototype of CUPCOLLECTOR at the Thesis Exhibition in 2006.
Pic on right: Separate a lid from cup automatically and dispose liquid inside.
Pic on left: Crash a paper cup with the pedal.
Material - Stainless steel, ABS
Manhattan sleeve - Manhattan Sleeve made from post-consumer cups used back to the businesses that have consumed paper cups. This unique die-cutted shape is avairable for any city as a suvenior of Paper cup Recycling.
Manhattan Sleeve
Process in Prototype
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Paper Cup Recycling in NYC