Binners

• Vancouver binners’ event left scrambling after being displaced by film shoot, organizers say

  "We had already started promoting the event, we had gone through the permit process, we had paid for our permit. We, for all intents and purposes, thought we were ready to go."

  Canada

  Sep 26, 2021
  
• Many binners used to have to steal shopping carts. Now, for $5, they can rent this one

  "Something like this makes your life easier," said binner Davin Boutang.

  Canada

  Jan 31, 2018
  
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• Montreal’s Ville-Marie borough launches new garbage and recycling pilot project

  A green pilot project in the Montreal borough of Ville-Marie is helping recycling efforts in the community by installing racks on their garbage bins.

  Canada

  Dec 19, 2017
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• First car-sharing, now cart-sharing: Homeless advocates push for shopping cart rentals for binners

  The Binners' Project is hoping to launch a cart-sharing pilot project where light and sturdy shopping carts would be available for short-term rentals.

  Nov 29, 2017
• Seeking change in provincial recycling

  You can get a deposit back for recycling many bottles in Quebec -- but not water bottles. One group is trying to change that.

  Politics

  Aug 22, 2015
• Vancouver binners gather for community building on the DTES

  One person's trash is another's treasure. Binners have long taken that to heart and today some local dumpster divers got together to work on showing the value of their activities to the public and to build a community of sorts.

  Oct 21, 2014