Stef was a London-based bin spotter who relocated to Singapore last year, excited by the promise of exotic, Oriental bin spotting opportunities in Southeast Asia.
You can imagine Stef's surprise when he discovered Singaporean waste disposal was run by Veolia Environmental Services – the very same company that handled commercial and municipal waste in his former East London neighbourhood!!!
"It was quite a relief in a way," Stef commented, "there's this awful stereotype about bin tourism in the Far East... sleazy Westerners travelling to less-regulated countries, looking for easy access to cheap, exotic bins. It was actually quite reassuring to see normal bins of a respectable age, managed by a reputable company. I made a number of friends in the Singaporean bin spotting scene, all of whom had honourable intentions."
Stef sent in the shot above of himself and a local bin spotter beside two familiar, Veolia-managed containers. In reference to the white markings, Stef added: "In Singapore, it's customary for owners to paint their addresses on bins to prevent them being misplaced by refuse collectors." Again, this practice is not unknown in London.
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