Emo-bin: How to recycle more by using emoticons

Berengueres, Jose; Alsuwairi, Fatma; Zaki, Nazar; Ng, Tony

doi:10.1109/hri.2013.6483615

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“…Previous research indicated that encouraging signs could be a simple and low cost method to enhance recycling [90], and a recycling bin which rewarded users with smiles and sounds or points increased recycling rates [91,92]. Moreover, a BinCam system motivated the users to change their food waste and recycling behaviour by uploading the households' recycling achievements on social media [93].…”

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Public Participation in Designing the Recycling Bins to Encourage Recycling

Keramitsoglou

Tsagarakis

2018

Sustainability

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Recycling bin design has been shown to be important in guiding and changing waste management practices. The top-down imposition of recycling scheme components, the various colour signage, the different types of recycling bins per material even in the same city, and in light of the limitations cited in the relevant literature, our contribution examines the citizens' involvement in designing recycling bins. Analyzing the responses of 757 participants randomly selected, we initially defined design variables, i.e., shape, colour, and type of lid and insert slot. The next step was to design six bins per recyclable and non-recyclable material, which were printed in a card in a random order. In total, 12 cards were evaluated by 430 residents of a typical Greek town without previous experience in recycling; personal interviews were conducted and citizens gave a score on a scale from one to six. The results highlight the public preference for specific lids and insert slots, and a rectangular shape for all the materials apart from glass and compostables for engaging in recycling. In addition, the results suggest that a connection might exist between the colour of the recyclable material and the colour of the bin. When there is no particular bin colour preference for a material such as plastic or packages, various hues of orange, yellow, or purple dominate. A reward phrase or environmental message printed on the bins could encourage recycling.

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Public Participation in Designing the Recycling Bins to Encourage Recycling

Keramitsoglou

Tsagarakis

2018

Sustainability

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“…Among the 4 intentions, the first and the last 2 are the most targeted when addressing recycling support. Personal attitude can be successfully changed through gamification approaches [6], [7], often exploring social networks [8], [9]. In the latter case, that is, for approaches based on social reputation, the PMO factor is also targeted.…”

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“…There are many scenarios where this concept is applied. For example in [7], authors used emoticons and sounds to encourage the recycling of bottles. The emoticon smiles when a user throws away a bottle in the garbage.…”

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GAFU: Using a Gamification Tool to Save Fuel

Magaña

Muñoz-Organero

2015

IEEE Intell. Transport. Syst. Mag.

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In this paper, we propose, implement and user-validate a training tool for saving fuel that uses some elements from games in order to promote efficient driving and provide feedback to the user. The proposed system uses a fuzzy logic system in order to assess the driving style from the point of view of the fuel consumption. The output is a score between 0 (not efficient) and 10 (efficient). This value can be compared with the scores obtained by other users of the solution that have similar characteristics in order to do a fair comparison and to obtain ecodriving advices adapted to the user's context and environment (e.g., braking frequency is greater on urban road than highway). Providing feedback to the user is essential in ecodriving systems for changing bad driving habits and not returning back to them. In our case, the system provides two types of feedback. The first type of feedback is provided in real time. When the user does not comply with some of a preconfigured set of eco-driving rules, he or she gets a warning message. The second type of feedback is based on a calculated relative score for each user according to his or her driving style, positioning the user into a ranking of eco-driving users and generating a set of eco-driving tips. A validation experiment has been conducted with 36 participants on three different routes in Spain. The results show that the use of gamification tools and techniques in eco-driving assistants helps drivers not to lose interest for fuel saving and helps them not to return back to their previous bad driving habits.

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Emo-bin: How to recycle more by using emoticons

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