Waste sorting is now an essential part of everyday life, in town centres, at events, in public spaces and in the workplace.
Existing systems are often inefficient: users throw their waste away without paying much attention and, not infrequently, into the wrong bin. The quality of the sorting thus achieved does not allow the waste collected to be recycled, and it ends up being incinerated.
With the sorting column, the Foundation is offering an innovative sorting system. Users are confronted with a vertical piece of furniture, as opposed to traditional sorting bins lined up side by side. This new feature boosts sorting quality to over 93%, giving waste a second life in recycling channels.
As well as solving sorting problems, the sorting column also incorporates environmental protection into its design: from the use of sustainable materials to the optimisation of volumes to limit the use of materials, not forgetting a system of interchangeable faceplates for rapid modification of the types of waste to be sorted.
The sorting column is made entirely in a sheltered workshop in Switzerland, which also gives it a social value.
To find out more about the Summit Foundation sorting column, download the
presentation brochure.
