01Step
Spot it. Shoot it.
See a piece of trash. Open the camera. Our AI tells you what it is — a coffee cup, a cigarette butt, an aluminum can — and what it's worth.
Vol. I · Issue 01 · Now in betaLive
A real-world game for the people who use the sidewalk
Pick up
the city,
piece by piece.
BinWars is a location-based game where players photograph litter, deposit it at registered bins for points, and quietly claim territory the way Ingress players claim portals — except every move you make is a piece of trash that’s no longer in the gutter.
2m agopizza box·5th & Main·Portland
3m agoplastic bottle·Greenpoint Ave·Brooklyn
4m agocigarette butt·Telegraph Hill·Oakland
6m agoaluminum can·Mass Ave·Boston
7m agocoffee cup·S Lamar·Austin
9m agosnack wrapper·Logan Sq·Chicago
10m agoreceipt·Nicollet·Minneapolis
12m agofoam container·Capitol Hill·Seattle
2m agopizza box·5th & Main·Portland
3m agoplastic bottle·Greenpoint Ave·Brooklyn
4m agocigarette butt·Telegraph Hill·Oakland
6m agoaluminum can·Mass Ave·Boston
7m agocoffee cup·S Lamar·Austin
9m agosnack wrapper·Logan Sq·Chicago
10m agoreceipt·Nicollet·Minneapolis
12m agofoam container·Capitol Hill·Seattle
Items collected
0since launch
Locations registered
0bins, drop-offs, kiosks
Players
0active in the last 30 days
Three steps. No equipment.
02Step
Carry it. Drop it.
Walk to any registered bin. Deposit your haul. Your points lock in. The map updates. You claim a piece of territory the longer you keep depositing there.
03Step
The data goes public.
Every pickup becomes a row in an open dataset. Cities use it to plan routes. Researchers use it to study litter. You use it to win.
The standings · live
Right now, this is who’s winning the week.
Global top eight by points. Refreshes when the page loads. Friends-only and per-location boards live in the app.
RkPlayerCityPoints
01@anya.kPortland, OR12,840
02@marcelloBrooklyn, NY11,205
03@kira_wOakland, CA10,973
04@tomiAustin, TX9,812
05@j.oseiBoston, MA9,044
06@samarChicago, IL8,661
07@linneaMinneapolis, MN8,330
08@danrSeattle, WA7,995
Open data · gridded · CC-BY-SA
Every pickup is a row in the public ledger.
Coordinates are snapped to a coarse cell before going public so no individual user can be tracked. What you can see: what is being thrown out, where, and how often.
01Cigarette butt
28,10402Plastic bottle
19,27603Snack wrapper
14,93804Aluminum can
11,41005Coffee cup
9,08706Receipt
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Coming to your block
BinWars is live in eight cities.
Portland · Brooklyn · Oakland · Boston · Austin · Chicago · Minneapolis · Seattle. Don’t see yours? Sign up and we’ll bring it there.
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⚠ Stats are mocked · wire up
get_global_impact_stats RPC