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I want to put 2D barcodes on trash-to-be. Then when you find it in nature you should be able to trace it to when and where it was purchased. If this is one of t
by ganzuul 8y ago
I want to put 2D barcodes on trash-to-be. Then when you find it in nature you should be able to trace it to when and where it was purchased. If this is one of those 10% of users causing 90% of the problems - type situations this would be an effective strategy to hold trashy people accountable.
- newman8r 8y agoThat's a really interesting idea. Kind of like wheresgeorge.com for trash
- jbob2000 8y agoYou don’t even need to go that far, somebody has already studied where the garbage comes from: https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/blogs/ocean-plastic-rivers https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/blogs... Summary: China and India. We can and should curb our plastic use in the West, but there are 2 billion+ people on the other side of the world that don’t give a flying fuck. (Yeah yeah, we polluted when we were developing too. But we barely had 100 million people when that was happening. And no plastics)
- ISL 8y agoOne of the most powerful ways to lead is by example. If we can do the hard work of figuring out how to get sustainability right, it will be easier to help everyone else get on board.
- haste410 8y agoWhat happens when my trash, or even something I purchased that later became trash because of someone else, finds its way outside of normal disposal routes through no fault of my own?
- ganzuul 8y agoProbably nothing. Usually people don't make decisions based on only a single point of evidence.
- amelius 8y agoNice idea, but who can we trust with all that data?
- ganzuul 8y agoIt makes no difference to people who already pay with cash to maintain their privacy.