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Sep. 22nd, 2005
Research. Again.
Sep. 22nd, 2005 01:46 pmCalifornia. Suburbs. Middle Class residential area. Trash cans. How many? What color? Recycling bins?
Here in Braunschweig it's like this: people have grey trash cans and green ones, the grey ones for ordinary trash, green ones for organic matter that's compostable. Some people have blue ones for paper. Glass, drinking cartons, plastic, Paper and tin cans have to be sorted into communal recycling containers. Now get this: some of the sorted trash then gets tossed together again and burnt - because the poplulation sorts more dilligently than our recycling industry can cope with. They have to add recyclable trash to the to-be-burnt trash because the latter is not flammable enough. Crazy.
Anyway, for the story I just need to paint a picture of great civic commitment. So the people in the house are pillars of the community. What would their trashcans look like? Xander uses them to take cover, but I'd also like them to make a statement about the house's owners, you know?
Thanks in advance. *beams*
PS: The last chapter of Four Fear is coming along nicely. Yay.
Here in Braunschweig it's like this: people have grey trash cans and green ones, the grey ones for ordinary trash, green ones for organic matter that's compostable. Some people have blue ones for paper. Glass, drinking cartons, plastic, Paper and tin cans have to be sorted into communal recycling containers. Now get this: some of the sorted trash then gets tossed together again and burnt - because the poplulation sorts more dilligently than our recycling industry can cope with. They have to add recyclable trash to the to-be-burnt trash because the latter is not flammable enough. Crazy.
Anyway, for the story I just need to paint a picture of great civic commitment. So the people in the house are pillars of the community. What would their trashcans look like? Xander uses them to take cover, but I'd also like them to make a statement about the house's owners, you know?
Thanks in advance. *beams*
PS: The last chapter of Four Fear is coming along nicely. Yay.
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Sep. 22nd, 2005 09:02 pmI had so many plans for tonght: reading, concritting, answering emails, but I feel sick and hot and I can't stop coughing. Every frigging year I get the same friggin cold. *sigh* I'm going to bed with a good book or two. Maybe a little rest will help.
At least I made progress with Four Fear today.
At least I made progress with Four Fear today.
