SmartWaste
A mobile app built for Australian residents to schedule and manage recycling pickups—making waste management smarter, simpler, and right at your fingertips.
A mobile app built for Australian residents to schedule and manage recycling pickups—making waste management smarter, simpler, and right at your fingertips.
A mobile app built for Australian residents to schedule and manage recycling pickups—making waste management smarter, simpler, and right at your fingertips.
Australia
Green Tech
Mobile application
Expectations
Expectations
Designed a mobile-friendly experience from scratch to feel smooth, intuitive, and easy—so users could schedule pickups without the mental load.
Designed a mobile-friendly experience from scratch to feel smooth, intuitive, and easy—so users could schedule pickups without the mental load.
Designed a mobile-friendly experience from scratch to feel smooth, intuitive, and easy—so users could schedule pickups without the mental load.
My Role
My Role
Collaborated with the client to shape the app vision
Designed a simple, mobile-first interface from scratch
Built a prototype to present and gather client feedback
Collaborated with the client to shape the app vision
Designed a simple, mobile-first interface from scratch
Built a prototype to present and gather client feedback
Collaborated with the client to shape the app vision
Designed a simple, mobile-first interface from scratch
Built a prototype to present and gather client feedback



Recycle Planner App
Recycle Planner App
Effortless Recycling, Smart living
Effortless Recycling, Smart living
Where it all started
Where it all started
Recycling in suburban Australia isn’t as easy as it sounds.
Recycling in suburban Australia isn’t as easy as it sounds.
Recycling in suburban Australia isn’t as easy as it sounds.
Saving up enough bottles, driving all the way to return centers, and getting just a few cents in return? Most people gave up on the effort entirely.
Saving up enough bottles, driving all the way to return centers, and getting just a few cents in return? Most people gave up on the effort entirely.
Saving up enough bottles, driving all the way to return centers, and getting just a few cents in return? Most people gave up on the effort entirely.
Most walked away—but someone saw a opportunity.
Most walked away—but someone saw a opportunity.
Most walked away—but someone saw a opportunity.
Why not take the hard work out of recycling—and give people an easier, more rewarding way to stay green?
Why not take the hard work out of recycling—and give people an easier, more rewarding way to stay green?
Why not take the hard work out of recycling—and give people an easier, more rewarding way to stay green?
That’s where the idea of recycling with a smartphone came in.
That’s where the idea of recycling with a smartphone came in.
That’s where the idea of recycling with a smartphone came in.
A faster, simpler way to schedule pickups and get rewarded, all without leaving home.
A faster, simpler way to schedule pickups and get rewarded, all without leaving home.
A faster, simpler way to schedule pickups and get rewarded, all without leaving home.

How I approach
How I approach
I started by chatting with the client to get a feel for the idea, then mapped out a pickup flow that was super simple and easy to follow. Once it all came together, I turned it into a quick prototype so the concept was easy to see—and even easier to tap through.
I started by chatting with the client to get a feel for the idea, then mapped out a pickup flow that was super simple and easy to follow. Once it all came together, I turned it into a quick prototype so the concept was easy to see—and even easier to tap through.
I started by chatting with the client to get a feel for the idea, then mapped out a pickup flow that was super simple and easy to follow. Once it all came together, I turned it into a quick prototype so the concept was easy to see—and even easier to tap through.

