Play the game at https://arcee30.github.io/trashGame/
Trash - Recycle - Compost

Welcome to the Trash Sort!

Living in Princeton, people care a lot about the environemnt. Despite that, I see people in the cafateria and other places constantly putting materials in the wrong bin, causing many recyclable and compostahle items to end up in the landfill. It's not that they didn't care, though, it was because they didn't know.

Trash Sort is a game we created to raise awareness about what materials go in what bin, Trash, Recycle, or Compost, a critical way the ordinary person can help the environment.

Play at https://arcee30.github.io/trashGame/

These are some facts that will put your trash into perspective

The average person generates over 4 pounds of trash a day

Nine-tenths of all solid waste in the United States does not get recycled

In order to have some context for the game and to understand trash, recycling, and composting, see the below:

The following items are an example of trash:

Plastic Bags
Styrofoam
Used Tissues and Napkins
Meat
Clothing
Paper Food Trays, Boxes, Wrappers, and Bags
Dust and gunk collected from vacuums

The following are examples of recyclable items:

Soda cans that are labeled recyclable
Paper
Cardboard
Tin, aluminum, and steel cans
Glass food containers and jars
Number 1 and 2 plastic
Food and liquid cartons
Newspaper and Magazines

The following are examples of compostable items:

Apple cores
Banana peels
Fruit and vegetable peels
Citrus rinds.
Melon rinds.
Coffee grounds.
Tea leaves/tea bags.
Old vegetables
Houseplant trimmings.
Weeds that haven't gone to seed

Identification Tips:

Recyclable products are marked with a recycling symbol
Check for a compostable label to see if it can be composted if you not sure
Always, if there is any doubt, you can Google to see how your item can be disposed of.

It is written primarily in Javascript using the Phaser.IO game framework.