“Garbit”

Garbit is a smartphone app that encourages us all to recycle. The design process was born out of a necessity to encourage all youth to have a substantial hand in saving the planet and the future. The app, if it could be built, would work in the following manner: Garbit is a smartphone app where you get paid for recycling—by keeping track of what you recycle (plastic, metal, and paper)—when scanning the ticket you’re going to receive every time you put an item in a recycling machine.

Earn money in 5 easy steps!
1. Sign up
2. Create a username and password
3. Include your email
4. Postal address
5. Get to scanning and get paid!

Most importantly (let's not forget), the 4 benefits of this recycling app are:
01 Prevents Pollution
02 Reduces waste sent to landfills and incinerators
03 Conserves natural resources
04 Creates jobs, which produces economic benefits

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