RECYCLING SUSTAINABLE DESIGN FOR THE COLLEGE CAMPUS
Lehman College, Bronx, NYC
Incorrect waste disposal has devastating consequences for the environment. Recycling is an environmentally friendlier way to dispose of waste, and recycling opportunities are turning up in more and more public spaces.
However, at any given recycling station, lots of recyclables are not recycled.
This study posed the question: “Can simple ‘nudges’ be used to increase the proportion of correctly disposed of recyclables at public recycling stations?”
And through field experiments at ; Lehman College with Campus and Planning Facilities this study of implementation visually attractively designed bins shown that there is a significant potential for nudges when it comes to recycling behavior in common spaces especially college campus.
