Re-Cycle is an interactive web experience that turns a simple hand gesture into a reflection about recycling.
Using the webcam, the site detects the user’s hand in real time. When the user makes a fist, a plastic bottle on screen is crushed. When the hand opens again, the bottle rewinds back to its original shape. The interaction is touch-free, playful, and immediate — showing how small actions can create visible impact.
The project uses hand tracking and gesture recognition to connect digital interaction with an environmental message. The camera is used only for gesture detection; nothing is recorded or stored.
Re-Cycle is built as a reminder that waste does not disappear. Crushing the bottle is only the first step. Recycling it is what gives it another cycle.
Show your palm. Make a fist. Re-cycle.
Re-Cycle is an interactive web experience that turns a simple hand gesture into a reflection about recycling.
Using the webcam, the site detects the user’s hand in real time. When the user makes a fist, a plastic bottle on screen is crushed. When the hand opens again, the bottle rewinds back to its original shape. The interaction is touch-free, playful, and immediate — showing how small actions can create visible impact.
The project uses hand tracking and gesture recognition to connect digital interaction with an environmental message. The camera is used only for gesture detection; nothing is recorded or stored.
Re-Cycle is built as a reminder that waste does not disappear. Crushing the bottle is only the first step. Recycling it is what gives it another cycle.
Show your palm. Make a fist. Re-cycle.