I think this sign, found recently in a hotel shower, was supposed to read…
…’TO’ four minutes, and not as shown, ’BY’ four minutes, but I get the idea.
I must say however, all jokes aside, having this little sign in the shower undoubtedly made me more conscious of my time spent in the shower. I also quite like the line
Relax, enjoy, contribute.
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wm
I could be wrong… but would it be safe to assume that more water would be required to produce an envelope with printing on the inside?
This one I need to investigate…stay tuned!
wm
So.
You’ve just finished another take away late, and you approach the bin(s). Can somebody please tell me which bin do I throw my take away late cup (and lid) into. Yellow (recyclable) or Green (general waste)?
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wm
When you receive a new credit card (or just about any new plastic card for that matter) they’ll ask you to destroy the old one. Everybody does it. We’ve all been doing it for years. It got me thinking…
What type of plastic are these cards made from and what volume of destoyed card plastic are we talking about? At a guess I’d say enough to make a small mountain, perhaps even a small range.
It often amazes me that we don’t actually get to see, nor feel, the consequences of so many of our everyday actions.
I wonder if the card I destroyed and threw away just the other day is ever going to come back to bite me on the bottom!
wm
The Sustainable Living festival is definitely worth checking out…just remember to take your own water bottle and fill it up as you go!
Instead of the wasteman trying to explain, here is a link to the sustainable living festival site.
What I do know is that it’s on in Melbourne right now Feb 6 - 21 2010!!
Packaging is a major contributor to waste generation. You don’t really want to know how much there is. The point is we have an opportunity to educate the community about what to do with packaging by printing educational messages on the packaging itself. In the past the messages have been small print, and more often than not, relegated to the ‘bum side’ of the packet.
Here’s a bag I found recently from the 3 shop. The message is large enough to read, situated where it can be seen and most importantly, it takes the massage to the next level in that it attempts to educate the user as to what they are to do with the bag once they no longer need it ie remove the handles! (and they said please!)
I encourage you to look for the ‘environmental’ messages on the packaging you come into contact with. Let me know what you think. Are the messages clear or confusing? Are they there because the companies are genuinely concerned or does it look more like a little after thought the printer came up with?
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WM
For quite a while now I’ve been pondering the notion of how to raise funds for the environment. I spotted this collection ’spinner’ in the middle of the street whilst I was away recently.
Have you ever used one of these? These contraptions make giving money fun! You drop the coin into the side slot and the coin spins down and around until it eventually ends up in the central hole and finally into the collection bucket below. Very cool!
Why cant we have more of these collection spinners raising money for the environment? The main point I want to make is…
A little bit from a lot equals a lot!
Wasteman calls it “small change 4 big changes”.
How about a competition to design the craziest contraption designed to collect small change in public places?
Something to think about…
wm
A while back, I used to talk a little on KISS FM. Fill the listeners in a little on all things waste. Maybe we’ll do some more talk someday - who knows! It’s a lot of work saving the planet. KISS FM is a very cool radio station playing dance tracks 24/7. They are so cool that I have just noticed on their website they have a flashing banner link to the wateman site. Thanks guys!
Here is a link to the KISS FM WEBSITE and don’t forget…this weekend is KISS MY GRASS - be there…you just might see the wasteman!
KISS FM WEBSITE
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11am
What’s this all about? Seriously. You no longer want your old tv, stereo, speakers etc so you just put them out on the street. It just seems a little too easy for my liking.
I’d like to investigate this ’shove out on the street phenomenon’ a little more closely. Perhaps a call to the council might be able to clarify a few points, in particular, where will this equipment end up?
Funny thing is, the photo above was taken at around 11am. The photo below was shot at around 6pm (7 hours later).
Maybe the wind came along and blew the TV and stereo away but somehow managed to leave the old printer and speakers behind! I think it’s called ’selective wind’.
6pm
This site used to be a brotherhood store and drop off centre. It’s in StKilda (Melbourne). The brotherhood moved out about 4 months ago but guess what…
People continue to use it as a convenient place to dump their ‘crap’.
If (and it’s a big if) one day there were no places left to dump stuff, the world would simply implode. One of the most important things we have as an intelligent civilization is somewhere to dump stuff. Without somewhere to dump stuff - we’d be stuffed!
wm