Bin Bin
Stocking, shipping, and displaying produce while eliminating cardboard boxes and elevating the aesthetics of a small food grocer’s display. A 2017 Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge finalist and a 2018 Core77 Design for Social Impact runner up.
“Problem
Traditional waxed cardboard produce boxes can’t be recycled.
OPPORTUNITY: Create a produce bin system that combines the lightweight convenience of cardboard produce boxes with the durability and utility of plastic bins.”
“multi-Use
BIN BIN is used for stocking, shipping and display, eliminating the need for cardboard boxes and elevating the aesthetics of a grocer’s display.”
“Closed Loop System
Farmers use the bins for both storage at the farm & produce transportation back to the grocer, who then uses them for display. This eliminates the need for new boxes while unifying, beautifying and customizing store display. ”
“Mono-Material
Bin Bin is a mono-material product formed from Ingeo, a Cradle 2 Cradle certified biopolymer made from greenhouse gasses.”
USE + SYSTEM
Bin Bin is owned by small green grocers and distributed to their local produce farmers. Farmers use the bins for both storage at the farm and transportation of produce back to the grocer, who then uses them for produce display.
By using Bin Bin the need for new cardboard boxes each week is eliminated and the store display is easily organized and made uniform, customizable, and beautiful. The stocked bins go directly onto the produce shelves as display while empty bins go back on the farmer’s truck for use at the farm, thus completing the exchange loop.
This design was 2017 Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge VI finalist and a a 2018 Core77 Design for Social Impact student runner up. (2017)
TEAM MEMBERS
Gregory Beson, Weiran Chen, Danielle Connelly, Sarah Templin
