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Side Effects of Transparency
Seoul central station has transparent waste bins.
I presume, like in Tokyo it is part of government 'anti-terrorist' measures. Any readers from South Korea know whether the bins in Seoul station have always been like this? Anyway, a side effect is it makes it easier to identify what categories of objects are recycled in which bin by seeing what others have thrown away. But it presumably makes it less likely to throw socially sensitive objects - such as personal correspondence, adult literature or things that should be recycled elsewhere.
Writing from Seoul | October 22, 2005 | Permalink
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Another side effect is that when you walk past, you're staring at piles of garbage which normally wouldn't be visible :(
There's surely a good joke in here about "transparency in government".
Posted by: Andrew at October 23, 2005 8:25 PM
Most of the railway stations in the UK have had transparent waste bins for a long time. But the other "secure" option - which they opt for on the underground - is not to have them at all. Regardless of transparency, I wonder how likely somebody is to ditch adult literature in a public place like a train station in the first place?
Posted by: bobbie at October 25, 2005 3:44 AM
> I wonder how likely somebody is to ditch adult literature in a public place like a train station in the first place?
Good question, but based on exploration studies on what people leave behind / lose I think you'd be surprised.
Time to interview a station waste management company?
Posted by: Jan at October 25, 2005 10:39 AM