Bags replace cans for the G20

I suspect that somewhere in the billion dollar security budget for the upcoming G20 is a note about how garbage cans could be used as weapons, pried from the ground by angry protesters or used to conceal bombs...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/charmgirl/4658013605/in/pool-1418026@N24

Keen on Recycling

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland) sent from Cécile:

Specific kinds of waste

Collection boxes for cell phones and inkjet cartridges.

Electronics recycling in Leeds. Photo from Tim.

Electronics collection bin in Prague.

Electronic waste collection event at the University of Waterloo.

Dead battery collection bin in Spormaggiore, Italy.

Used prescription/medical containers, etc. in Spormaggiore, Italy.

"Tune in to battery recycling" bin in London.

 Dead battery collection make-shift bin at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Garbage bin for used face masks in Hong Kong MTR (subway) station. Photo by Tania Cheng.

Bins for used kitchen grease, found behind many restaurants.
Both images from Kitchener, Ontario.
...need some veggie oil to power your car?

Vegetable oil collection bin in Venezia.

Big Brothers Big Sisters clothing donation bin

Red Cross collection bins for shoes and clothing in New Minas, Nova Scotia.

Canadian Diabetes Association collection bin for clothing.

More on this here: http://www.diabetes.ca/get-involved/supporting-us/clothesline/find-a-dropbox/

The anonymous nature of a drop-off bin like this does create some challenges for those sorting through the materials. Unfortunately some read 'clothing donation' as 'throw whatever you want in here'...

STEPS (Society for Permanent Recovery) clothing donation bin in Markham, Ontario

Donations bin in Innsbruck.

Clothing collection bin in Paris.

Shoe collection in Leeds. Photo from Tim.

Steel (ONLY!) dumpster in Kitchener, Ontario.

 Newspaper only slotted bin built into a bench at the Hamilton, Ontario GO bus station.