Comments on: Waste for Life: Making Trash Useful

By: Lucy

Lucy — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 05:11:34 +0000

Very cool and majorly useful. Two questions: 1. any plans for what happens to the manufactured items once THEY get thrown out? eg. a take-back initiative, whereby the buyers can bring back their stuff and the cartoneros can recycle it into something else.
2. Why don’t we do this in Canada? Plenty of homeless and poverty-level folk up here, too. Why only export our goodness and know-how. Let’s use some of it up, up here. I know a woman with a steel rod in her spine (had a tumor on her spine removed, but operation paralyzed her), can’t work much, tries to live off disability payments (which, in case you’ve never tried it is impossible here in Ontario : hmm…just paid the rent. …so….let’s see, shall I buy toilet paper or bread today..?..can’t afford em both ….)
So maybe she could make wallets for a few hours a week in her apartment, and actually earn a bit extra. Or be part of a co-operative, like Arches, where she makes part of that fancy chair. Make her life a little easier. Whaddya say? We got plenty of smart engineering students left over, even if a few of you Queen’s University guys are taken by this project. Kudos guys, you are making a difference in the world.

By: Erica Lee, Waste for Life Buenos Aires Project Manager

Erica Lee, Waste for Life Buenos Aires Project Manager — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:15:00 +0000

Hey axb, Thanks for the great shoutout on WFL’s latest designs and activities! The WFL BsAs team is now busy planning for November 2010, when we’ll take things to the next level in Buenos Aires with selecting and training the cartoneros to make the beautiful products the RISD students have designed, and making the first prototypes. For all the latest information, follow us on twitter WFL_BuenosAires or find us on facebook – Waste for Life – Basura Por Vida – Buenos Aires!

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