I was just thinking about Vancouver again... check out this stylish dumpster! Unfortunately every time I saw one of these it was locked shut and I couldn't pick them open. I guess if the compliance is good, this thing would either start cooking or get really anaerobic due to lack of air circulation. Either way, what a unique dumpster! I hope to see more compost collection systems in place sooner rather than later.
I've never seen cans quite like these... pretty funny! Based on their disposal at the time, they seemed pretty effective. I love the food scraps can... it made me realize that labeling a compost receptacle in a public place as "food scraps" must be the best way. When you see the word "Organics" or "Compost", that means you have to know what that means in order to do as requested. Isn't compost poop? Organic food? I don't have time for this; I'm just throwing everything over here. We all know someone like this. With "food scraps", you simply know what that means. Further, with so many disposable plastic-lined paper products ruining compost everywhere, this might help keep them out of the stream. The trash can having a lid vs the…
I was in Vancouver recently and I had a blast... what an awesome place. So far it's a tie between them and Cape Town for the best designs and convenience for the disposer. Therefore, I'm going to start with the "ugliest" toter I found, which happens to be info overload. However- info is good... or is it? For some this is a huge deterrent and results in "oh screw it, just throw it all in", while for others it will result in laser-focused compliant disposal. I'm definitely in the latter group, and this lid label really lays it out for me. The usual questions come to mind- how old is this label? Is this the current message from the company? Plenty of paper products have plastic liners in them, and…