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gojomo
If the WiFi drops out, can you retrieve your trash and throw it back in the street?
yitchelle
Can't you just stick your hand or a stick inside it and wave it about until the access code pops up?
svckr
Can't we just use the stick to smack the kids (and grownups, unfortunately) when they litter these places? :/

Edit: Look, I'm all for non-violent education but does everything have to be a game rewarding people for not being jackasses?

jessaustin
I agree, but all that means is that we are both privileged enough to live in places that are not already buried in garbage.
prawn
Aren't you just describing a game with a discouraging action rather than an encouraging one?
jschwartzi
Considering that positive reinforcement is way more effective than positive punishment, yes.
greggman
Why do you think it is that some cultures trash the commons (Paris, Berlin, Antwerp, Brussels) and others don't (London, Tokyo, Singapore)?
yitchelle
Since we are doing kinda root cause analysis, why don't we just ask the companies to use materials that are environmentally degradable and disposable?
lolrbawhat
I firmly believe that wifi should be free on a country level and everywhere. Cleaning garbage is a good way to crowdsourcing a clean city
confiscate
Won't this just encourage users to create more garbage?

If I am in need of wifi, and I have no garbage, I would need to create garbage (buy a juice, snack etc) to get the wifi, even if I wasn't thirsty or hungry

stephengillie
They could probably pivot into recycling and compost bins without much difficulty.
greggman
Reminds me of Disneyland where all the trashcans say "Waste Please".
jackcarter
Dolphins found a way to con a similar system:

"When people drop paper into the water she hides it under a rock at the bottom of the pool. The next time a trainer passes, she goes down to the rock and tears off a piece of paper to give to the trainer. After a fish reward, she goes back down, tears off another piece of paper, gets another fish, and so on."

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2003/jul/03/research.scie...

[dead] vithlani
A startup like this could only work in India -- what synergy!

1. The population has a natural tendency to litter. 2. Free Wifi 3. ??? 4. Profit!!!

Welcome to the new India!!

Presenting next:

A startup that offers free cell phone data for not crapping on the railways every morning!