CBC Toronto’s New Recycling Program: A Parody
The crew at the Gemini-winning The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos have put together a nice little piece about the new and, uh, not exactly popular, recycling program which launched recently at the Death Star Toronto Broadcast Centre.
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That is great!!! so true.
wow..
I know people who have brought in their own garbage bins
I also know peopel who now use the garbage bins in the bathrooms.
Me? I just started piling up my garbage where my bin used to be.
whoever thought that making more waste (the miniature recylcing bin) to solve the waste problem is a bit muddled. And I’d like to see that little garbage bin last anyone a week. Good thing the former fits perfectly into the later.
Now that they are pulling back — the desk garbage bins were redistributed on the 4th floor newsroom late Wednesday–let’s ask why.
I overhead one of the “experts” at a booth in the atrium saying the whole idea of the tiny bin was to make people “think waste reduction.”
Good idea, but same old management approach thinking that CBC is a financial services company. In most offices people go out to lunch or go to the lunchroom. In television and radio at least in news, current affairs and sports, most people eat at their desks. Lots of smelly organic waste, lots of plastic, lots of styrofoam plates and Timmy’s cups.
How do you reduce waste and recycle in a busy 24 hour newsroom. Don’t ask the employees who could figure out how to do it properly …..hire another consultant at $$$$$ and buy all those little plastic bins at more $$$$$$.
Let’s have a contest for the best new use for the tiny bin!
One trip to the food court will fill up that mini-bin. If they really wanted to reduce garbage they would talk to the food court and find alternatives to the big Styrofoam containers you get your food in from Mr. Souvlaki etc.
Or I guess instead of working through lunch you could sit in the food court and throw out your garbage there.
Best solution: Everyone just toss your garbage over the railing and down to the atrium.
That’s not a parody, that’s a documentary short.
I want my bin back! I pay my taxes!
Yes, only non-management employees eat at their desks. Management has a secret cafeteria run by former master control operators, now turned into elves.
I’ve made my bin last all week by stapling together sheets of waste paper into a giant truncated cone. Tune in next week when I’ll be dressing it up a little with some glitter and pot-pourri.
It’s a Good Thing.
on the other hand we could just buy a plate, bring it to the food court, fill er up and then wash it.
Or…you could make the 30 second walk to the big garbage bins…Heaven forbid we leave our desks once or twice a day??
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There are many ways to decrease the amount of waste in your office. Tim Horton’s drinkers… did you know those cups are not recyclable? It’s because of the plastic liner in them. If you bring your own travel mug not only do you get a discount at the franchise (30 cents/ per cup I believe) but you also reduce heaps of waste at your building! As for the food courts, ask for china. It takes a thousand years for those styrofoam clam-shells (plates) to decompose in land fill! If you are a real Green go-getter bring your own lunch (it’s healthier, cheaper and you can use reusable containers) or bring your own reusable container and ask them to put the hot food in it for you. That way if you dont finish your meal at your desk you can easily save the leftovers for the next day or take it home with you. Also limit your use of bags and paper. Purchase (non-expensive) a chic reusable cloth bag to put newly bought items in to tote around and don’t print as much paper, it’s easier to email or print on both sides to conserve. I know it seems like a hassle at first (apparently it takes 90 days to form a habit btw) but get in the habit. It’s never been more ‘trendy’ to be green. Look at all the celebrities fronting Global Green (Orlando Bloom). We can all help, if we choose too.
Lindsay, I absolutely agree with you. I work in a <a href="http://juliekinnear.com/green-lifestyle">Toronto real estate</a> company and part of my job is promoting of green life style as well. I do it because of my personal attitude and because more and more people are interested in the quality of environment they are living in. Some of the ideas in your comment are really good. However, may be it is sometimes hard to change your customs that you are used to do many years but the life is change. Btw when we talk about green, do you use <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_fluorescent_lamp">CFLs</a> ? …it saves money and environment as well.