It's true. Free bottles of cold iced tea, diet or regular, sponsored by Nestea, on the corner out front of Liberty Place.

They gave out a ridiculous amount of bottles, but where are we supposed to recycle them?

Is there a recyling recepticle located ANYWHERE in the general area?

I walked up Chestnut, over to Walnut, through Rittenhouse, then back up towards 30th on my way back to work. How many containers did I see? ZERO. Plenty of trash cans, but nothing for recyclables.

Called the Recycling Department at the number listed on the website (http://www.centercityphila.org/report/) to complain.

When I gave my complaint, I was told that I needed Recycling.

I was transferred to somebody who's voicemail was full.

I'm sure we all saw where that was going.

Point is, if there's a major company sponsoring a giveaway of that sort, shouldn't they at least be required to provide some sort of disposal for said products they are handing out?

Welcome To Philadelphia. Enjoy Our Past, Experience Our Future.

That's right up there with the people who put a trash can outside of their home to cut down on trash since they lived between a candy store and an elementary school.

The city fined them for having the can.

I've long believed that this form of advertising should be held accountable just as flyer distributors are responsible for trash caused by their actions. The subcontracted promotion groups do this guerilla style so it is very hard to keep up with them. Meanwhile, they made thousands of dollars for handing out freebies without a care towards disposal.

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Exactly.

Maybe they don't think anybody cares because 98.9% of the people are down there for work purposes only and don't live in the neighborhood.

Always a nice way to think about it.

Exactly.

Maybe they don't think anybody cares because 98.9% of the people are down there are for work purposes only and don't live in the neighborhood.

Always a nice way to think about it.

Another way to think about it is 98.9% of the people took their Nestea, drank it on their way back to the office, and tossed it in the recycling bins in their office. The other 1.1% either live in the area and would do likewise or don't live or work in the area and wouldn't care if there was a recycling bin either way.

I don't see the big deal.

I think its more likely that 90% of the 98.9% threw their empties into regular trashcans, %5 recycled them and 5% threw them under a bus.

The bigger issue is a lack of on-street recycling containers. They once existed, but the city claimed that there was too much contamination so they took them away. This in a city with a mandated recycling rate of 35-40% and an actual rate of 6%.

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That may very well be true, but the kicker is.. Nestea kinda sucks.

Some enterprising individuals (homeless?) already do a good job picking aluminum cans from the trash for recycling. Maybe we should just put a 'bounty' on glass and plastic, and they could do that too.

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They probably thought that no one would guzzle down a 20oz bottle within 5 mins - the amount of time they are around. Nonetheless, they should've provided a recycling bin for the few thirsty ones