Once upon a time in a small town called Uzerche, in the centre of France, they had recycling bins in a car park by the river. It was convenient to have the bins where people could park easily while they put their rubbish in the appropriate bin.
But there was a problem. There was also a beautiful view of the town from the same car park. And the waste containers were not beautiful.
So one day the teacher from one of the local schools asked an artist to help the pupils hide the horrible rubbish bins which were spoiling the beautiful view of the town.
The children visited the site, had ideas, made plans and drawings, recycled some unwanted objects, which some would call garbage - and hid the bins in a decorative way.
You can just get a glimpse of the town behind the bins. If you step to one side, you can see better.
If you want to see how other people have treated the subject, visit TNchick's site, where you can join in and find other players.
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A very nice take on garbage theme.
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend.
Wow what a view. THe kids came up with a great idea for hiding the bins
ReplyDeleteThe kids did well! I often drive past Uzerche but have never stopped - it's interesting to get a glimpse of it in this unexpected way :)
ReplyDeleteYes the kids have a better idea and it works. Happy weekend. Good take for the theme. mine is up too.
ReplyDeletethat was a pretty cool idea.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful idea!!
ReplyDeleteThe town looks lovely.
Oh gosh, that is a pretty view! I'm glad they were able to fix up the bins so it looks much better now.
ReplyDeleteinteresting... i hope there are projects such as this in our country.
ReplyDeleteVery clever and interesting! Somewhat tangentially: your post got me recalling a story I read some time back about how it was that the Taiwanese authorities having come out with recycle bins that were so cute that little children were going up and kissing and hugging them... prompting them to have to change the design of the bins to make them less cute (and, I guess, pretty)! ;D
ReplyDeleteVery clever to get the town involved in creating a 'solution'.
ReplyDeleteWhat an absolutely fantastic and beautiful way to hide the garbage and make a work of art at the same time... applause!!!!
ReplyDeleteMy construction trash or garbage is up.
What a great contribution showing the youth's creativity!
ReplyDeleteI know the subject is a photohunt thing, and not to argue about how "convenient" the placing of the bins were 'way across the river from the town. So I won't. I like the photo of the lovely town and I like the solution the schoolchildren came up with.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea!
ReplyDeleteThank you all, my regulars and newer friends.
ReplyDelete@YTSL, the Taiwan recycle bins must have been incredibly cute!
@Bim, it's a place worth a visit if you have time while you're passing. Attractive and some interesting history.
@Max. Sigh. Yes, I'm rising to the bait. There is more town on "this" side of the river. It's the newer part and so less worthy of a photo, so I didn't take one, but it makes the positioning of the bins very convenient for the majority of the town.
Now that's clever, and very decorative.
ReplyDeleteI love the creative touches in that art.
ReplyDeleteThey did well, didn't they - creative and an ingenious use of bits and pieces.
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