The top of the rubbish drop-off point for this apartment complex has been transformed into a bright community flower garden. A lovely twist to the usually forboding and odorous gaping deadspace.
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
(Originally posted on Tokyo-DIY-Gardening)
“Dump No Rubbish” sign in card and marker posted on drink vending machine can disposal bin.
Materials: Card
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
The tree closest to the road becomes the default dumping ground for rubbish from the rest of the site. A convenient and easy to spot landmark.
Materials: Tree
Location: Tachikawa, Tokyo
Bicycle basket as rubbish bin for vending machine and convenience store bought drinks.
Materials: Bicycle Basket
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Unneeded refrigerator covered in plastic sheeting and secured with duct tape acts as potplant stand at the back of a building in Sendagaya, Tokyo.
Materials: Plastic Sheet, Duct Tape
Location: Sendagaya, Tokyo
Receptacle for empty cans is tethered to the vending machine with wire threaded through the base of the receptacle and tied to the machine.
Materials: Wire
Location: Harajuku, Tokyo
Hanging wire hook for putting out the rubbish for collection. Attached to the wall with bent wire hooked over the top of the wall (see another example here), threat of swinging constrained by threading the wire through a fastener made of a small wood block glued to the wall. Hook for holding the rubbish bag made of bent wire.
Materials: Wire, Wood
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Cigarette butt disposal unit constructed from used oil can, wire, wood, tape, and PET bottle. An open-bottomed (to prevent rainwater collecting in the bottom) receptacle is fashioned from a used oil can nailed/screwed to a wooden stake and painted red. The receptacle is attached to the signpost with duct tape or wire. A PET bottle filled with water is placed inside the receptacle for safe and semi-odorless cigarette butt disposal. To empty the disposal units (3 in the immediate vicinity) one has only to walk around, pick up the PET bottles, and pour the contents into the rubbish (or down the drain, or wherever…). Signage is made of laminated computer print-out.
Materials: Oil Can, Wire, Wood, Tape, PET bottle
Location: Nakano-Ku, Tokyo
Wire and hooks along the entrance fence to a pocket park in Nakano, Tokyo act as storage for community-use gardening/cleaning implements.
Materials: Hooks, Wire
Location: Nakano-ku, Tokyo
Old bicycle basket wired on to park fence acts as a supplementary rubbish receptacle.
Materials: Wire
Location: Nakano-ku, Tokyo
A plastic grill tray halved and then fastened together with plastic twist ties (presumably) acts as a guard against rubbish hungry crows in a park in Nakano, Tokyo. When a local in the park was questioned about this, she replied “I don’t know, people around here make stuff and leave it here….” – Thanks to Jared Braiterman from Tokyo Green Space for pointing this out as we left the park.
Materials: Twist Ties, Plastic Grill Tray
Location: Nakano-ku, Tokyo
A common sight in Japan, a can attached to a fence with a hook and wire for cigarette disposal.
Materials: Wire, Hook, Can
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
