Q1
- Issues with compacting the materials
- Storage of materials before it's processed
- Bulk transportation of recyclables
- Sorting of recyclable products
- Removal of accidental non-recyclables
- Sanitation of recyclable materials
- Removal of accidental potentially hazardous materials
- Sorting of materials made of more than one type
- Removal of impurities
- Standardized system of recycling to avoid confusion and differentiation

Q2
- Sorting of different materials
- Issues with compacting materials

Q3
Space will be more efficiently conserved, allowing for more materials to be stored. This is especially beneficial during transportation. Sorting of different recyclable materials will allow for a wider range of of materials to be processed correctly. This will also reduce the amount of material that would have otherwise been wasted.

Q4
User needs include:
- Being able to transport/store a large amount of material without wasting space
- Conserving materials to the most efficient level possible
- Creating the lease amount of waste and discarded products as possible

Q5
The most obvious solution to conserve space would be to compact the materials. A great example of how this can be done already exists, and is used with waste management trucks. A similar concept could possibly be done to do this on smaller or larger scales. Sorting of materials can be a bit more complicated, and the process would depend on the types of materials that are being sorted. Some of the most common methods for sorting waste, or in our case recyclable, materials is with the use of: magnets, water sorting, chemical exposure, and heat sorting.