Nouvelle-Écosse

Nova Scotia claims one of the highest return rates for beverage containers in North America and was an early introducer of residential organics collection.

Halifax Harbour.

Halifax

At a Common Roots Urban Farm, a community garden outside the Queen Elizabeth Health Centre.

(More on the garden here: http://www.openfile.ca/halifax/story/urban-farm-takes-root-former-qeii-high-site )

Atlantic Superstore in Halifax.

At Acadia University, Wolfville.

Street receptacle, Wolfville.

Older version street receptacle in Wolfville.

Street receptacle in New Minas. Presumably there were posters indicating what goes where at some point.

Street receptacle in Annapolis Royal.

Beverage recycling at Lequille Country Store (See post about this form of bin below)

Bins outside Clark Rutherford Memorial school in Cornwallis.

Bins at Upper Clements Provincial Park (a throwback to the days of refundable versus rubbish; in Nova Scotia, however, deposits are still paid on all beverage containers (10 cents for smaller containers or 20 cents for larger ones) with half the deposit refundable when bottles are redeemed. More info here:

http://www.bottlebill.org/legislation/canada/novascotia.htm

http://www.rrfb.com/beverage-container-recycling.asp

Street receptacles in Digby.

Near the kitchen receiving area at the Digby Pines.

 

In a residence building at Université Sainte Anne, Church Point.

In an academic building at Université Sainte Anne, Church Point.

In the K.C. Irving Environmental Science building at Acadia University (a modern building designed to the style of older buildings on campus).

Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Notice how most things come in fours? A standard four stream paper-plastic-garbage-compost.

Chicago (and Coca-Cola) do(es) recycling

thanks to Renee Mak, "while gallivanting around Chicago":

This makes me wonder about the marketing behind the label and flashy association of coca-cola with recycling.

A quick google search sounds like this is part of their "goal to recycle 100 percent of plastic bottles in the U.S." ...(by no determined date). ...Which makes me think a little about greenwashing and that old saying about how 'recycling is like quiting smoking on you death bed'.

modern design

This first image had me thinking about product sustainability specs. And so, a post dedicated to product sourcing - the start of a list of companies to investigate further if I ever need to buy / recommend some waste receptacles :D

the "Lakeside® Litter Receptacle" - 54 percent post consumer / 29 percent pre consumer content.
And others by the same company here: http://www.landscapeforms.com/en-US/site-furniture/pages/all-litter-ash-recycling.aspx

Another company I just learned about with some other modern-type individual bins:
here: http://www.maglin.com/products/trash/index.html
and here: http://www.maglin.com/products/recycle/index.html


Recycled plastic. Saw this bin during a bike ride somewhere in Kitchener, Ontario. The company can be found here: http://generation-line.com/

Also, used to pass by another place (which sells recycled plastic products - including garbage bins) on the way to Peterborough, Ontario:
http://www.taylorsplastic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12&Itemid=35




Better yet, you can also default to an old oil-type barrel:

Form meets Function (maybe)

After much thought and consultation the City of Toronto installed these waste/recycling bins downtown. I'm waiting to see how the foot press (which opens the bin) pans out in the winter months.

Berlin by trash

Photo credit to Linda Swanston!

What can you dispose of today?

Notice the German green dot on the left.
(Learn more here)

Signs and designs

Photos from China sent by Emily Cho!

Yuexi Garden

Baiyun Mountain

Something a little different

From Adrian Hegedus-Viola in Thailand.