What? No recycling at one of the largest convention centers (Orlando)?

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 OK, this is a break from the usual LINQ, ORM, C# stuff.

 I am at TechEd in this gigantic convention center in Orlando (Orange County Convention Center). When I got a bunch of magazines and flyers that I am not going to have time to read for sure, I decided to look for a paper recycling bin - the kind that is readily available in all Microsoft buildings or in any home in Seattle area. I walked for miles (yes, the distances in the convention center are incredible) and asked several convention center/ event staffers but could not find any recycling bin. There was no shortage of trash cans but it is beyond me why recycling is such an alien concept in a place where 10k-70k folks at a convention are likely to produce more recyclables in a day than most small towns in US would do in a month.

To make matters worse, I lug back the stuff to my hotel and find that recycling is an equally alien concept in the hotel as well (Rosen Plaza if you want to know).

Now tell me, am I just a left coaster with a distorted world view or are some folks seriously behind the curve? Time to take this up with folks in convention center management and our recycling champions on Redmond campus!

Comments

  • Anonymous
    June 06, 2007
    Good posting! For us here in Germany, we usually have that biased image of the U.S. being full of people that don't care about environment and recycling and that stuff at all. Great to see that you just have proved the opposite and that there ARE people caring about!

  • Anonymous
    June 20, 2007
    Welcome to the XXVIII Community Convergence. In these posts I try to wrap up events that have occurred

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    July 02, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    July 03, 2007
    You would find the same thing in Pleasanton CA, where I live (San Francisco Bay Area).  I was surprised to find that local trash company uses automatic sorters for sorting trash.  Maybe the same thing is going on in Orlando.

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    September 07, 2007
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