A few weeks ago, I finished the completion of my trash/recycling/composting enclosure for Keys School in Palo Alto, CA. It stores bins for each type of waste, and lists the items that can go in each bin on the doors. I am going to place it in the lunch area of the school, so kids can throw away their foods scraps in the composting bin rather than the ordinary trash cans they used to have.

I started construction early in the summer, getting volunteers from Boy Scouts, school, my friends, and just about anybody who stopped by our home while we were working. We basically built a rectangular frame of 2×4′s, and drilled plywood panels on each side. We put wheels on the bottom, and three rounded rectangle shaped holes as openings for people to dispense things in. It was really cool to be able to put my hands to work, designing and building things. To plan out what my project was going to look like, I made a scale model by folding index cards into mini 2×4′s and plywood. After what seemed like a billion revisions of my project proposal, I began cutting, drilling together, sanding. and painting the wood.

Check out my Project Proposal and Final Write Up for more info!