Port of Seattle, "Olympia Recycles"!, and area

Photos from Sue & Tim.

Innsbruck

Sectioned off area with dumpsters for different streams of waste near a graveyard.

In the touristy streets (some bins like these are attached to benches).

Many of these bins throughout the city. Most have short statements in different languages encouraging people to make use of the bins. Garbage collection workers place a box underneath and open the bin from the bottom to empty.

Dumpsters often become informal billboards.

Parc de la Villette & Paris

Parc de la Villette (completed in 1987) is a huge Parisian park (35.5 hectares) with concert venues, gardens, playgrounds, a science museum, le Conservatoire de Paris and an outdoor cinema . . . oh, and a sculptural steel dragon with an 80 foot slide! A very urban park, designed in the spirit of architectural deconstructivism. They've done a pretty good job with waste receptacles too.

Near one of the "follies" (extravagant architectural decorations meant to serve as directional aids for park-goers, perhaps also reminiscent of the old industrial fabric of the area).

 

Before the outdoor movie screening there was a clever ad reminding people to put their waste in its place and informing people about the location of garbage and recycling islands. I couldn't find the film ad but here is one from an electronic recycling event hosted by the park:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNPUa9v3w_E
La Villette also has workshops for kids including recycling crafts (using recycled objects to make art).

Outside the park, elsewhere in Paris, but still a space-age sort of look to the bin.

London

In the streets of London, some of the bins you will see.

Royal Parks provide special dog waste only bins.

Litter bin and dumpster.

Promoting recycling with QR codes. Scan to win!

Spiffy bins in parks.

Funky bins at riverside.