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.