Oil Can Bin Construction
Several oil cans cut apart, joined together with duct tape and painted form a large commercial-use outdoor rubbish bin.
Location: Nagoya
Materials: Duct Tape, Oil Can, Paint
Rubbish or Storage?
Plastic bags stuffed in gap in bicycle parking structure – rubbish or storage?
Location: Setagaya, Tokyo.
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Secondary Storage
Opaque balcony plates, rather than the usual metal grill create the (almost) perfect hiding/storage space for all that rubbish that you can’t be bothered throwing out. Secondary storage.
Location: Setagaya, Tokyo.
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Spray Cans, Lighters and Lightbulb Disposal
Overview of hand made + recycled and repurposed equipment collaged together to form a fine-grained recycling center. Focus on spray cans, lighter, and lightbulb disposal baskets with hand drawn signage.
Materials: Baskets, Handdrawn Sign
Location: Setagaya, Tokyo.
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Cardboard Box Recycling Tower
Cardboard box recycling tower constructed from salvaged metal rack and wood block for stabilization. Stool for reaching upper levels.
Materials: Metal Rack, Wood Block
Location: Setagaya, Tokyo.
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Disposing of Cardboard & Paper
Series of instructions regarding the disposal of paper and cardboard. Green laminated sign reads ‘paper’, hand written sign instructs residents to secure bundles of cardboard with string, typed sign notes instructions from the city.
Materials: Laminated Paper
Location: Setagaya, Tokyo.
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Disposal Instructions for Glass
Instructions on the disposal of glass bottles/jars – take the lid of first. Note emphasis over ‘lid’, cute portrait, and signature from the ‘Clean Trio’ who take care of the rubbish/recyling center.
Materials: Paper
Location: Setagaya, Tokyo.
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Recycling Station
Overview of can, glass bottle and plastic bottle recycling station. Full crates form structure and support for empty.
Cheerful handmade sign providing instruction on the correct way to recycle plastic bottles.
Materials: Plastic Crates, Coat Hanger
Location: Setagaya, Tokyo.
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Self Supporting Rubbish Sack System
Full nets support emptier ones waiting to be filled. Organic self-supporting structure.
Materials: Net Sacks
Location: Setagaya, Tokyo.
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Rubbish Center Instructions
Non-burnable rubbish sign and instructions.
How do the axillary instructions get proposed, formulated and approved? What is the flow of information? Who are the stakeholders and what do they value? What is given priority?
Materials: Laminated A4
Location: Setagaya, Tokyo.
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Taxi Driver Smoko Spot
Thick tar soup in generic paint can. Evidence of smoko time at the local taxi stand.
Materials: Can
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Recycling Bottle Caps
Plastic basket secured to fence with peg provides a spot to place bottle caps to add recycling. Small tag attached with twist-tie makes purpose clear.
Location: Nagoya
Materials: Plastic Basket, Peg, Plastic Twist-Tie
Drying To Recycle in Pegs and Hangers
To recycle your plastic, you need to dry it. To dry it you need pegs and clothes hangers.
Materials: Pegs, Clothes Hangers
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Ashtray in Plastic Bag
Tree and plastic bag form an easily disposed of ashtray in a local park.
Materials: Plastic Bag, Tree
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Rubbish Bin in Tree
You feel like a litter bug dropping your empty can on the ground.
Not so if you leave it in a tree.
Materials: Tree
Location: Akabanebashi, Tokyo
Streetside Rubbish Net Storage
Streetside storage for net used on rubbish day.
Materials: Shopping Basket, Plastic Twine, S-Hook
Location: Akabanebashi, Tokyo
Smoko Spot in Can
Simple smoko spot constructed from can attached to roadside barrier with wire.
Materials: Can, Wire
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
Tethered Rubbish Bin Lid
Rubbish bin lin tethered to body with rope.
Materials: Rope
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
Outdoor Smoko Spot in Can and Plastic Twine
Banned from smoking in the newly built residence (the last one burnt down) the man of the house has created a smoking area in his outdoor sink with an opened empty beer can tied to the stand with plastic twine.
Materials: Beer Can, Plastic Twine
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Bottle Cap Receptacle
A bottle cap receptable (from recyclable PET bottles) attached to the apartment complex rubbish drop-off with a length of wire is a convenient community-use add-on.
Materials: Plastic Basket, Wire
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
