Aussie council plans to introduce clear recycling bins to 'rubbish shame' its residents
An Australian council plans to introduce clear recycling bins in order to ‘rubbish shame’ residents into using them properly.
The Adelaide City Council has proposed the rollout to force people to recycle correctly and also to make it easier for locals to fossick through bins for cans and bottles to exchange at recycling depots for 10c each as part of the state’s container deposit scheme.
Adelaide City Councillor Robert Simms hopes the see-through bins would discourage poor recycling practices and ensure Adelaide remained a leader in recycling.
“If we want to encourage behavioural change, I think this is something that will really encourage people to do the right thing … and we have a reputation as a clean, green city,” Mr Simms told Adelaide Now. “In a way, it is kind of naming and shaming.”
The push for transparent bins has been backed by fellow Adelaide City councillor Alex Hyde, who said, “I agree with Rob’s idea, and we should rubbish shame people.”
Do you think clear recycling bins are a good idea? Is ‘rubbish shaming’ people going a bit too far? Or is it in order?
i dont really care, but i do think they look ugly, its bad enough that we have rubbish, without it being on show, if anyone wants to poke there nose in mine, go ahead, wont find anything of interest, ALL food waste goes in a LARGE compost bin, which hubby diligently turns over and over, now and then, other rubbish is wrapped in newspaper, any personal papers are shredded, outer wrapping from bought goods is broken up and put into the big bin, nothing to see here, we dont drink anymore, so not even an empty beer bottle, a boring bin,