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Something old, and something new and blue.[/caption]
Encorp Pacific has begun planting new container bins along West Broadway. The bright blue, steel bins are plonked down right beside city garbage bins, with two clear goals: Give the public an easy way to keep their drink containers out of the garbage, and, make it easy for binners to collect those containers.
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They look like competitors. The new blue container bin is designed to be an improvement over the gray city garbage bin with it's afterthought container tray.[/caption]
Encorp Pacific is a not-for-profit product stewardship, run by soft drink bottlers, like Coke, and Pepsi, as well as the major supermarket chains. It is tasked by Provincial legislation to encourage people to want to recycle their drink containers, and then make it easy for them to do so. Educate, and facilitate. Encorp set up, and oversees the network of Return-It bottle depots across British Columbia, and they run advertising campaigns to "educate" people about recycling their containers.
This new blue bin is very sturdy. It appears to be a careful, and informed design:
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A close look at the removable plastic bin, and one of the magnets which holds the door shut.[/caption]
Something old, and something new and blue.[/caption]Encorp Pacific has begun planting new container bins along West Broadway. The bright blue, steel bins are plonked down right beside city garbage bins, with two clear goals: Give the public an easy way to keep their drink containers out of the garbage, and, make it easy for binners to collect those containers.
[caption id="attachment_5250" align="alignnone" width="497"]
They look like competitors. The new blue container bin is designed to be an improvement over the gray city garbage bin with it's afterthought container tray.[/caption]Encorp Pacific is a not-for-profit product stewardship, run by soft drink bottlers, like Coke, and Pepsi, as well as the major supermarket chains. It is tasked by Provincial legislation to encourage people to want to recycle their drink containers, and then make it easy for them to do so. Educate, and facilitate. Encorp set up, and oversees the network of Return-It bottle depots across British Columbia, and they run advertising campaigns to "educate" people about recycling their containers.
This new blue bin is very sturdy. It appears to be a careful, and informed design:
- Top hole, big enough for containers, but small enough to discourage garbage.
- Open grill sides allow full ventilation, and a view of the contents.
- Two simple magnets hold the access door shut. Takes a good pull to open it.
- Removable liner bin, which seems the weakest part of the design.
- Instruction stickers, instruction stickers, instruction stickers!
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A close look at the removable plastic bin, and one of the magnets which holds the door shut.[/caption]
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