japan eco-slaps us in the head again: giken ecocycle bike storage system
straight from the japanese underground, in the words of eco-hustler:
giken’s ecocycle on ecohookups
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my grandpa pwns me by recycling styrofoam
this is my grampa.
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he’s not my real grampa, which is probably why i didn’t inherit his tragically good looks, but look! we do share a love of plaid!
like most japanese grampas, ojiichan, which is what i call my grampa because i have no idea what his real name is, does not know much about planet green, eco-blogging, or even really what the internet is for that matter. so when i went to my grandma and grampa’s mansion (this means apartment building in japanese - so odd!), i was blown away by the magnitude of eco-innovation that exists in their little household. in japan, it is not unheard of for thick booklets of more than 20 pages to be distributed showing people how to sort their trash, and community crusaders have been known to dumpster dive to investigate the whereabouts of improperly sorted garbage so that they can return it to the non-compliant owners.
since i usually pride myself on being the annoying eco-cop in any group, i almost swallowed my muscat flavored gum when i confidently tossed away a thin, plastic wrapper from some noodles (you know, the kind that comes on cup-a-noodle), only to be pwned by ojiichan who showed me the six bags he set out to sort trash. six! he told me to throw the wrapper into one bag and a twist tie that i was trying to throw out into another. a twist tie!
but here is the clincher - japanese people recycle styrofoam!
jepsra’s mascot: his darn pants are part of his shell. he went as far as to recycle his shell! how can i possibly compete?
anyhow, i found this info on the japan expanded polystyrene recycling association or jepsra’s website, and thought it was both interesting and envy-inducing.
the collection method:
note: epsy plazas are recycling bases for styrofoam. the “eps” stands for expanded polystyrene and the “y” is to make it sound cuter.
how the eps gets recycled:
these are the most current charts i could find about eps recycling in japan. if anyone has any newer information, please share!
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swyyne: live from japan!
hi everyone, and greetings from the land of the rising sun! i wish i could say that i have been taking detailed notes about the efforts of my second motherland to reduce waste and conserve energy, but i have been too busy scarfing things and battling the wicked bout of allergies that i always do as soon as i arrive here (how sad is it that i am allergic to my own land??!)
i promise that as soon as i gain back my strength, i will check in with some observations (there is a whole slew of rare emoticons here that will blow you away). until then, happy new year, one love and word to the mother(land).
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as if there isn’t enough competition for jobs already
and they work for edamame tips! unfair, i say.
i wonder if they recycle too.
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why is this a site?
swyyne has always been an experiment for me. with all of the other super eco sites out there, i've been feeling like i want to contribute something just a bit different. so for now, here are my random musings.
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