The Symbiotic Compost Bin  

Marcus Grant

Project Description

The Symbiotic Compost Bin is designed to collect organic waste in communal spaces such as apartments in residential buildings. This product creates positive behavioural attitudes and intentions through its representational and symbolic meaning, which allows control and freedom for the user while encouraging engagement and social interaction to benefit building occupants within a shared space. This concept also prevents pollution, which is created by people improperly discarding their organic waste into landfill.  

This product both prevents pollution and acts as a new mode of waste collection. This design enables a symbiotic mutual relationship by collecting tenants’ organic waste to be recycled into soil, while giving back to the residents through a herb garden section which is self-sustaining but also provides nutritious soil and fertiliser for those who use the bin. This process is completed through vermicomposting. The Symbiotic Compost Bin is an innovative concept that challenges us to a new way of collecting and managing organic waste. 

Bio

As a product design student, I have always been very interested in social interaction and how this benefits urban settings, while maintaining a sustainable design approach. Focusing on how nature and people interact is interesting to me. My heritage, being Swedish & Australian, has had great influence on my design practice. Further, the experience of diverse cultures around the world has afforded me different perspectives on how people interact with objects. I am passionate about public products and furniture that embodies versatility that users can enjoy. I am eager to experience new opportunities to explore my potential.

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