INFO-I300 (Fall 2021) \ Varshini Team 01

Recycling @ IU

In this project, we analyzed the recycling habits of those living and working on IU's campus. We found many issues leading to a decreased amount of recycling and began to brainstorm solutions to these problems. We settled on one solution and began to develop an app to help the residents of IU and Monroe County recycle more effectively.

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Our Project

In our research, we found that there is a decreased amount of recycling on and off campus. Despite this fact, we found that students believe that recycling is an extremely important and impactful issue. After learning about problems with recycling at IU, we began to brainstorm potential solutions and settled on an app that helps educate the residents of IU and Monroe County about recycling. In our evaluations of this app, we found that it did help users to recycle their items properly and informed them on how to continue to do so in the future. However, we did find that there was some confusion about the design of our app and some of its features. We ended up revamping some of the screens and features and worked to add more educational elements to the app.

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Big Points

Informed users on how to recycle their waste properly.
Gave users information that they can use in the future when recycling.
Showed users the importance of recycling.

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Recycling @ IU

This video shows a demo of how the Monroe County Waste Management app can be used to learn how to dispose of waste and gain a general education on recycling.

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Recycling @ IU has 4 members.

Megan Pitts

Megan has an Informatics degree with a cognate in Medical Sciences and a minor in Computer Science. She is passionate about the application of technology in healthcare, and in her free time enjoys reading and learning more about outer space. Upon graduation from IU, Megan will be joining Impact Advisors as an IT Consultant.

megpitts@iu.edu

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Evan Lesniewski

Evan is an Informatics major with a cognate in premedical health professions. Evan currently works as an EMT-B for Morgan County EMS.

evlesnie@iu.edu

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Matthew Rebey

Matthew holds a Bachelor's degree in Informatics with a cognate in Security and a minor in Computer Science. He is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Information Science, with plans to transfer to Chicago as a cybersecurity consultant.

marebey@iu.edu

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