Singapore is a really clean place. It is not that our people are such thoughtful beings and throw our litter into the bin every time. It is just that our environmental ministry hires more cleaners. That’s it! There you have it – Singapore’s secret to a cleaner city.
Well, look at Germany’s then.
Berlin has introduced five talking waste bins which say thank you in three different languages or scream “goal” to help promote a cleaner city.
The talking waste bins – which curiously say thank you in French, Japanese and English but not German – are located in an area popular with tourists at the central Potsdamer Platz and at the Zoo train station in the west of the city.
Fifteen more solar-powered talking waste bins may follow in the short term, Bernd Mueller, spokesman for the city’s waste disposal services, said Monday.
However, the city does not plan to teach all 20,000 Berlin bins to talk.
“That’s much too expensive,” said Mueller. “But everybody loves those bins.”
Source: Reuters via MSNBC
I wouldn’t mind one of these you know. I think these will really brighten my day. It’s funny to note that they thank the patrons in all language except their home one, lol.
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- trash//bins
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Tags: odd world
we are looking for ways of improving the trash issue and would love to look at the talking trashbins. have you any contact names or numbers that we could use? thanks in advance Jayne Hillner – General Manager Renaissance London Heathrow Hotel
by jayne hillner (Jun 23, 2005 at 11 PM)Unfortunately, no, I don’t have any contacts. Sorry about that.
by Mr. Dew (Jun 25, 2005 at 6 AM)