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    Project entry 2014 North America – Trash for Use: Municipal center for harvesting utility from waste, New York, NY, USA

    The CHUW prototype in the East Village. The facility belongs to a new neighborhood ecology of household waste management. Collection and transportation methods, frequency of distribution, material recovery, and energy generation are all reconsidered. By having a presence in the city, the CHUW encourages a relational understanding of value between used goods and traditional resources (energy, heat, etc). Residents participate through convenient drop-off interaction and fabrication workshops.

As waste removal becomes increasingly difficult to handle and landfill space more scarce, cities must become more resourceful in how they address their refuse. The project proposes a building in the midst of the metropolis for waste collection and processing, a “machine for turning trash into treasure”.

Last updated: September 24, 2015

As waste removal becomes increasingly difficult to handle and landfill space more scarce, cities must become more resourceful in how they address their refuse. The project proposes a building in the midst of the metropolis for waste collection and processing, a “machine for turning trash into treasure”.

The municipal Center for Harvesting Utility from Waste (CHUW) recognizes an opportunity to locally treat collected waste, separating the components to exploit its content.