{"id":4281,"date":"2009-10-08T04:00:31","date_gmt":"2009-10-08T09:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=4281"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:19:05","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:19:05","slug":"waxing-poetic-about-trash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/10\/08\/waxing-poetic-about-trash\/","title":{"rendered":"Waxing poetic about trash"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is cross-posted\u00a0<\/a><\/em>from Misha’s blog.<\/em><\/p>\n

Can anyone remember back in 2007 when the City of Montreal\u00a0handed out 100,000 pocket ashtrays<\/a>? Yeah… didn’t think so. The goal was to help solve the litter problem. But after the press conference, I never saw another pocket ashtray until… I moved to Japan.<\/p>\n

People here actually use them sometimes. The little ashtrays are also at the heart of an\u00a0anti-littering campaign<\/a>\u00a0lead by Japan Tobacco, with ads appearing on public transit and ashtrays all over the country. Complete with hilarious English translations, I just had to share a few of my favourites.<\/p>\n

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\"Inhaled.
Inhaled. Burned. Thrown away. If it were anything but a cigarette it would surely be crying (photo snapped at Mount Fuji).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Read on for more litter haiku.
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\"every<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n
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\"sneak\"
sneaky sneaky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is cross-posted\u00a0from Misha’s blog. Can anyone remember back in 2007 when the City of Montreal\u00a0handed out 100,000 pocket ashtrays? Yeah… didn’t think so. The goal was to help solve the litter problem. But after the press conference, I never saw another pocket ashtray until… I moved to Japan. 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