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"Turn a recycling bottle bank into an arcade game and guess what happens...." (dothegreenthing.com)
45 points by amichail on Oct 31, 2009 | hide | past | favorite | 8 comments



I wonder if the novelty of this wears off pretty quickly? Neat idea though.


Maybe they could make it so that you can actually win stuff.

I suppose the jackpot would be 1000 empty bottles crashing on your feet :-)


I suppose it does for adults, but kids can play repetitive games for a long time...at least it would teach them the right habits for the rest of their lives.


What a brilliant idea! I suppose the lesson to learn from this idea is that by adding a bit of extra fun and reward you can improve user interaction.

Perhaps this is why fancy effects and AJAX are so often used to make a web page more enjoyable. They might make it more fun to use, but at the same time too much can have a negative effect.


It's a good idea, but it can't really be applied. It would even be kind of annoying if every bottle bin were a flashing, noisy video game. If it doesn't work on a universal level, it's a bit wrong to call it a 'theory'.


What if you had one with both -- a normal bottle bin on one side, and a game on the other?


I save my bottles and just reuse them with the next batch of beer I make :)




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