http://inhabitat.com/free-chicago-recycling-program-squashed-by-city-politics/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Sat, 25 May 2013 19:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://inhabitat.com/free-chicago-recycling-program-squashed-by-city-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-377123 Replibacon Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:57:11 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=359545#comment-377123 These cans were nothing more than vessels for advertising hidden behind a recycling initiative. They were placed along the lakefront in such laughably impractical abundance that it was impossible to imagine that they'd ever be used. They were situated usually no more than 30 yards apart all along the trail, where people tend to be mobile and thus not really carrying any garbage at all. It was all just a really obvious way to make money off the prime lakefront visual real estate. These cans were nothing more than vessels for advertising hidden behind a recycling initiative. They were placed along the lakefront in such laughably impractical abundance that it was impossible to imagine that they’d ever be used. They were situated usually no more than 30 yards apart all along the trail, where people tend to be mobile and thus not really carrying any garbage at all. It was all just a really obvious way to make money off the prime lakefront visual real estate.

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