City Compost
Problem | Opportunity
Almost all New York City restaurants generate compost. Compost can be reused as organic natural fertilizer by farmers. Currently there are no companies who pick up compost from restaurants free of charge. There is no financial incentive for food establishment to pay for compost pick-up. It’s easier to discard it. As a result valuable resource is wasted. There are compost recycle sites who accept compost and deliver it to farms.
Solution
STATUS
Case study
MY ROLE
Audience Research
UX/UI Redesign
Usability Testing
2017
YEAR
Create an app that would organize and schedule organic food waste pick-up from restaurants’ premise.
Collaborate with City Harvest on this project because it is a nonprofit that operates in New York City through food rescue and distribution, and education.
Research
User
User
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compost to donate
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no time or impulse to deliver
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schedule pick-up
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trucks operate on existing food pick-up route
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food rescue
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limited budget
City Harvest
UX
User
Persona
Design
Schedule Pick-Up
Users can schedule compost pick-up from restaurant location
Search
Users can find their location by using “current location feature”
Users can schedule compost pick-up remotely by typing in the address or restaurant name in the search
Calendar
Users can select from offered dates when the compost can be picked up
Users can select one or multiple dates in advance
Confirmation
Truck operates on the existing route.
Users can only select from the available dates
Users can’t select the time of pick up
