A new user experience for collecting biobased disposables at festivals

Abstract

Implementing biobased disposables for the festival Lowlands is the basis for this project. Making use of biobased disposables offers specific waste processing purposes. A collecting system of waste at a festival works best for a situation where visitors cooperate within the complete waste system. For Lowlands litter behaviour is questioned. Motivation for collecting is aimed for research within this project: What motivates Lowlands festival visitors for collection of biobased disposable waste? A new user experience for collecting disposables was the result consisting of a so called `baldadige bal` Lowlands activity together with a `cup cult`. Sustainable aspects of the implementation of biobased disposables is not the motivation approach. The proposed motivation concept is based on the motivation found for Lowlands activities together with cup elements for increasing cup value perception. A Lowlands activity for collecting cups was tested and found motivating for collecting; a large inflatable ball. Cup elements were tested for increasing value for cups to increase involvement and aim for preventing litter behaviour. `motivate visitors through values of the context their mind is set to; the new sustainable behaviour?`