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Disney World (Florida) was built on what's basically the top floor of a parking garage, so that all infrastructure and access could be "underground" and out of
by beerandt 5y ago
Disney World (Florida) was built on what's basically the top floor of a parking garage, so that all infrastructure and access could be "underground" and out of sight.
Which is an interesting enough topic on its own, but one thing this allowed was for trash cans to "bottomless": the trash dropped through to conveyor belts below.
No one has to see trash carts or be grossed out watching a trash can be emptied. It also prevented stinky trash drippings from falling on the hardscapes.
Along came the recycling movement, and Disney was quick to implement single stream trash collection and recycling, sorting all trash for recycling after it was collected.
But people were angry that Disney didn't have visible recycling bins next to garbage cans. They would interrupt employees and give them their recyclables. Employees, knowing it all got sorted anyway, would throw it away. Which made people angrier, even if they were told that everything would be sorted for recycling.
So angry, that Disney had to spend a huge amount of money installing "dummy" recycling cans next to the existing trash cans. Cutting holes through reinforced concrete slabs. Major construction.
These also emptied onto the same single stream garbage collection system, but visitors were pacified.
- Tempest1981 5y agoThe Disney channel has a 6-part documentary. Parts 1 and 2 cover some of this. (But not the recycle bins.) Some cool engineering, um, I mean imagineering. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imagineering_Story https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imagineering_Story https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/the-imagineering-story https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/the-imagineering-story
- beerandt 5y agoYeah the really interesting stuff is what they don't like to advertise. In Florida, Disney actually has corporate control of two municipal incorporations aka actual cities. They get to control who the half dozen or so residents are, and therefore control who the voters are. Which besides complete zoning and land-use control, also gives them an amount of police and judicial power. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Buena_Vista,_Florida https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Buena_Vista,_Florida https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Lake,_Florida https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Lake,_Florida https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reedy_Creek_Improvement_District https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reedy_Creek_Improvement_Dist...
- spiralx 5y agoDisney World is allowed to build a nuclear reactor :) https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2019/02/21/disney-world-could-have-gone-nuclear/?sh=6309fbff5393 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2019/02/21/disney-wo...
- sporkland 5y agoWhy not just put a faux divider in the same can to appease the masses?
- coin 5y agoSort of like this https://i.redd.it/2ats89kd0ea41.jpg https://i.redd.it/2ats89kd0ea41.jpg