More Constraint Confusion at Your Disposal...

Following up on this recent post about mixed messaging in recycling vs. garbage bins, I have found yet another example of confusion on campus. To the left, we see a very clearly labeled example of What To Do With Your Disposables. Two bins, equal size, both open-topped, but one blue, one black, one lined, one unlined, and one clearly labeled recycling, while the other not. The messages are aligned with our expectations and all is well. Except that the bins are located in a seldom-used room where no food and drink are allowed. And if we are to take this example as a model exemplar, then all other bins must be re-examined. The saga continues.

Oh, it should also be noted that these bins are HUGE. ~3' tall to be (not-so) exact. I imagine that the blue one is for paper recycling only (which is odd, considering that they are both located in the auditorium of the ceramics/fine-arts building).

Note: It has come to my attention, by someone dear to me who works in the food service industry, that it is highly possible that SFSU does not indeed recycle/sort all the garbage on campus, as evidenced by the ridiculous amount of extra work created from the necessary sorting that must occur as a result of mis-appropriated bins. Or it is possible that only certain bins/areas of refuse are actually being tended to for recycling/sorting purposes. This would be sad, and feared to be true. We'll get to the bottom of this, one way or another! Ba-dump-bump.