Below is a graphic I have been working on. Its based on facts and figures from government websites.
I have the full size PDF but I don't know where to host the file... any ideas?
"Sure, it's goofy and looks like something out of a Pixar film, but it also integrates itself with the existing trash cans (some around the Loop and other parts of the city are different - nicer - but this scheme could be modified to fit onto those, too) and proposes reusing newspapers, over just recycling, their bundled masses poking from the green orb for easy grabbing. These are a couple good ideas that set it apart from the other schemes, ones that tended to be from the ground up and lacking in a sense of humor."*
Looking at the photo above, you can probably easily guess that the painted cylinder running up the core area isn't structural. Indeed it is a refuse shoot, and these are located throughout the estate in similar locations. The problem?... Well despite the logical nature of the system, the capacity avaliable just isn't practical at all for typical general waste.
The next photo above shows a similar refuse shoot access point on one of the upper floors. As you can see, the openable tray designed for the tenant to insert refuse into the shoot is far too small for a typical black bin liner. Therefore it is very common that these access points are frequently littered with discarded bags. This in turn puts strain on the refuse collection workforce and makes the areas themselves unpleasant and certainly unhygienic. In some estates huge signs can be found warning of fines to those who dump their rubbish bags in this manner... The source of the problem has been clearly neglected...
designer's own words:"...a fresh look at the tired topic of waste". What more appropriate product to target than the icon of waste - the urban garbage bin. Reusing and recycling can be a necessity or a statement, but both are driven by rethinking. A garbage bin has its own unique characteristics: it contains, it has wheels and ribs, it is stackable and thermoplastic. A chair has its own unique characteristics: it contains, it has legs, it reflects tradition and human dimensions, it is structural. We shuffled these characteristics; stretched and deformed the sides of the bin to create a seat, we sawed and bent the ribs to strengthen and emphasize forms. At times we hung on to a word or an image and melted the plastic to realize it; at times we allowed the process to take its own course. The design process reexamined the chair archetype and confronted its traditional image with the relatively inferior one of its former life as a garbage bin. On one hand is a bin - on the other, a chair. 
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