My motion for this project is to devise a solution to tackle the problem of Everyday Waste (particularly domestic waste). I would like to introduce a device which will let people rethink about waste in monetary terms and hence in doing so, will effectively reduce the ever-growing waste problem.

From the research I have conducted, I realized that nowadays, the system of waste calculation employed by most waste-disposing companies or governmental waste agencies are based on the weight of the waste. (The amount of waste is calculated by weighing.) I particularly like to translate that concept of 'weighing' into people's everyday life. My concept is that by using the device (the design solution in the presentation board) as a kind of communicative/informative technology for households to effectively understand their waste.

Using the device, the households will be able to understand the value of their waste in monetary terms. The concept behind the device works by weighing the amount of waste generated and directly translating the weight into monetary terms hence providing the notion of 'how much money is wasted'. Ultimately, the motive of the device is to allow users/households to effectively better understand their own spending patterns by getting information from the everyday waste they produced, because the waste itself was the product which consumers/users themselves spend money to buy.

Through conveying the idea of 'amount of money wasted', the device provides a motivational platform to spur people to reduce their waste and to sort out their waste accordingly (to encourage recycling). As said, through the use of the device, we will better understand our spending and how much we really use from our purchase; this could also well save our money for other purposes.

Using this theory/principle: spending-waste(used product)=waste(non-used product the real waste in our life/living)

The devise could also lend a helping hand to aid people (consumers/users) with managing their finances, because you know what you are spending, but not wasting. And we know that sometimes people are driven by money. The data collected by these devices could also be used for a more fruitful cause at a national level for Conservation of Earth's resources and to work towards waste reduction effectively. Information (spending/consumption patterns or amount of waste) collected by the device from different families/ households, can be streamed and compiled into a central databank and hence serve as valuable statistics for green organizations and government for further study on waste issues and for other R&D arenas, like controlling certain material usage...etc and to devise a system to really help our environment.