Apologies for the length of this video. At two and a half to three minutes long, it could be considered a struggle for the IGG generation*. While you watch, feel free to sing a little song to yourselves to help pass the time away.

The song goes like this (to be sung to the tune of the old familiar nursery rhyme – This is the way we wash our teeth wash our teeth etc etc).

This is the way we deal with our waste
deal with our waste
deal with our waste
this is the way we deal with our waste
on a cold and frosty morning.
WM over&over
*IGG Generation – instant gratification generation

Is this litter? Yes it is.
Is this advertising? You bet it is!

I wonder if strolling past a piece of McDonalds litter has ever prompted anyone to head to a McDonalds store for a bite to eat? I bet it has!
Should McDonalds (or coke, hungry jacks and many others for that matter) have to pay for this form of  ‘litter advertising’? You bet they should!

Below is a link to an article by professor Frank Fisher who not only thought about ‘litter advertising’, he did something about it! Well worth a read!!

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/pay-for-junk-advertising-says-trash-man-professor/2007/02/17/1171405502438.html

over&over

wasteman

Not a single person had a go at answering the question posed in previous post. Either no one knows or no one reads wasteman’s blog. Let’s hope it’s the former.

So why is there only one single bin outside a major Melbourne sports venue? Why when inside are all the bins the same? how are we supposed to do the right thing and separate our waste at the ‘throw away’ point?

The answer as I have mentioned in the previous post is, in theory, very cool.

This venue, and many other public venues subscribe to a system known as CLOSED LOOP.

In theory, all the ‘stuff’ we buy inside these venues comes in packaging that is recyclable. but here’s the clincher…

The people who manufacture the packaging, are the same people who recycle it!!!

These dudes want the packaging back again. So if the only ‘stuff’ you can get at the venue is recyclable there becomes no need to have to SEPARATE anything…and hence…only ONE single bin is needed at every ‘bin station’.

I say ‘in theory’ as there are a couple of wrinkles that I say need ironing out.

1. How do you deal with the food and cigarette buts?

2. I did see evidence of non recyclable packaging inside the venue. Yep, sorry folks. But unless the fairy floss maker can come up with a better way to package the floss, I’m afraid he may just have to go!

3. The logo on the front of the bins needs work.

Get my drift?

over&over
wasteman

ps Here’s a link to the closed loop website. Tell them wasteman sent you!

pss  Apparently closed loop is a ‘visy’ thing? I’ll have to investigate this further. I reckon it ought to be a ‘natural’ thing.

http://www.visyclosedloop.com/

one single bin outside major Melbourne sports venue (forget about the ashtray...that's another story)

Why when we have become so accustomed to seeing two bins side by side is there only one bin outside a MAJOR Melbourne sports venue?
The answer is simple and clever (in theory)..

Inside the single bin. It’s a clue!

Do you know the answer? Let me know. Otherwise I’ll have to tell you at a later date.
over&over
wasteman