As I posted earlier this year, Toronto’s potential answer to too much garbage on our streets is to disguise the garbage cans as billboards. These Billboard Bins are over 7 1/2 feet tall, hold the same amount garbage, but now sport garbage of their own in the form of giant advertising billboards. Oh and they use electricity, adding more drain to our already strained electricity grid.
Toronto’s Public Space Committee says it all:
The electric garbage bins are part of a three month pilot project. If appoved by Council, the full rollout of the project will add thousands of light bulbs to the power grid, adding to the strain. But more importantly, the City is setting a bad example about conservation. After all, these lights aren’t serving any purpose except to illuminate the ads! Aren’t we supposed to be turning off non-essential devices?”
Read the TPSC press release to see why these Eucan bins really suck.
If you’ve seen the bins and don’t like them, now is your chance to let the city know. You can fill out a survey about the bins. Or you come to tonight’s TPSC meeting at City Hall at 6:30 pm.
tagged: [public_space] [environment] [toronto]
