Rekjavik is a beautiful place. Everything seems to have its space. For example there is even a path for walking a bike up concrete stairs. With that sensibility in mind I thought it was funny that they had no recycling containers on the street. So I made some.

Icelanders drink more Coca-Cola per capita in Reykjavik than anywhere else in the world. And, and the house-siding is made from sheet metal. And there is no street recycling for metal cans. So great!

The Recycling Boxes for Reykjavik were well received on the streets of Reykjavik 101 in the newspaper. Well, until they found out an American artist made them as part of the SIM: The Icelandic Association of Visual Artists residency. Then not so much…

Hidden Waste Bins in the City Centre/ 24 Stundir

When walking down Laugaveg you can now many see small blue houses as less to a doll's house. However, they are with a roof that can be lifted so they can be thrown into the trash after all, they are actually garbage cans, disguised as a house.

Jakob Frímann Magnússon, City Mayor says the trash cans not put down in consultation with the mayor or chief of the property division of the city.

"Perhaps someone here is reacting to the Akureyri green initiative by adding trash cans and I don't mean to vilify enterprise if it is beneficial but a general rule of thumb is that the city is included in councils when streets and sidewalks are on one side."