Comments for West Side Action

Comment on recycling cans without the Beer Store guys by Ken

Ken — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:41:14 +0000

IGA in Grenville as well. Seems to be a Quebec thing. There must be a puritanical Ontario law that prohibits this kind of behaviour forcing you to the centralized institutions.

Comment on A Found-space park in Toronto by Peter Drake

Peter Drake — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:44:23 +0000

Short URL – http://goo.gl/maps/qOlLT

Comment on A Found-space park in Toronto by Peter Drake

Peter Drake — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:43:35 +0000

Maybe Eric is talking about https://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ll=45.413218,-75.687198&spn=0.000519,0.000784&t=h&z=21&layer=c&cbll=45.413218,-75.687198&panoid=QkwHp6olXM9CIwiMwN9XlQ&cbp=12,33.63,,1,10.86

Comment on recycling cans without the Beer Store guys by gozzygirl

gozzygirl — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:21:50 +0000

Costco in Gatineau has a machine like this too. I call it la machine qui mange les canettes.

Comment on recycling cans without the Beer Store guys by catherine b

catherine b — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:25:01 +0000

The Richelieu food store in the village of Perkins, PQ, about 40 kms up the Gatineau has had one of these for about 5 years now. You know how pop cans here say “worth cents in Quebec” or something like that? Quebec has been paying for returns forever and now these machines are pretty ubiquitous.Of course, since it also sells beer, they take bottles at the counter too.

Comment on recycling cans without the Beer Store guys by Markus

Markus — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:40:45 +0000

I watched one of these do its thing in Germany. It was completely self-contained. The bottle goes in on a V-shaped pair of belts, then gets spun so the laser scanner can find and read the bar code. Without that code (i.e. without the label) no refund. This identifies refundable vs. nonrefundable (even in Germany, sigh) bottles and also the type of plastic. Then the machine crushes the bottle to compactly store it. I’d guess cans get the same treatment but go into another bin. The machine I used didn’t have the ability to unpack a carton of empties though.

Comment on A Found-space park in Toronto by dfg

dfg — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:45:22 +0000

What’s at Argyle and Metcalfe? I didn’t see anything in particular on streetview.

Comment on Crossing the street, seeing red by drumbent

drumbent — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:48:33 +0000

Do brick pavers work anywhere in our climate? At James and Bay such a set-up has turned into a built-in speed bump, due to the shifting of the materials.