A Taste for Waste Helsinki has had a recycling programme for many years, but we’re not doing very well compared to other capitals. Starting in 2011 the city decided to stop hiding its waste. Instead, composting and recycling were brought into public discourse by creating links between consumption and disposal. Helsinki moved the conversation from tiny monetary incentives to a meaningful discussion about civic duty. Could a little friendly competitive spirit between neighbourhoods help inspire higher recycling participation rates? What would happen if the Public Works Department spent one year using only domestic compost to fertilise the city parks and plantings? Student competitions centered around waste disposal vessels, waste collection and waste processing would offer a source of new ideas while also building early awareness in the minds of Helsinki’s future.

A Taste for Waste

Helsinki has had a recycling programme for many years, but we’re not doing very well compared to other capitals. Starting in 2011 the city decided to stop hiding its waste. Instead, composting and recycling were brought into public discourse by creating links between consumption and disposal. Helsinki moved the conversation from tiny monetary incentives to a meaningful discussion about civic duty.

Could a little friendly competitive spirit between neighbourhoods help inspire higher recycling participation rates? What would happen if the Public Works Department spent one year using only domestic compost to fertilise the city parks and plantings? Student competitions centered around waste disposal vessels, waste collection and waste processing would offer a source of new ideas while also building early awareness in the minds of Helsinki’s future.

A Taste for Waste Helsinki has had a recycling programme for many years, but we’re not doing very well compared to other capitals. Starting in 2011 the city decided to stop hiding its waste. Instead, composting and recycling were brought into public discourse by creating links between consumption and disposal. Helsinki moved the conversation from tiny monetary incentives to a meaningful discussion about civic duty. Could a little friendly competitive spirit between neighbourhoods help inspire higher recycling participation rates? What would happen if the Public Works Department spent one year using only domestic compost to fertilise the city parks and plantings? Student competitions centered around waste disposal vessels, waste collection and waste processing would offer a source of new ideas while also building early awareness in the minds of Helsinki’s future.

A Taste for Waste

Helsinki has had a recycling programme for many years, but we’re not doing very well compared to other capitals. Starting in 2011 the city decided to stop hiding its waste. Instead, composting and recycling were brought into public discourse by creating links between consumption and disposal. Helsinki moved the conversation from tiny monetary incentives to a meaningful discussion about civic duty.

Could a little friendly competitive spirit between neighbourhoods help inspire higher recycling participation rates? What would happen if the Public Works Department spent one year using only domestic compost to fertilise the city parks and plantings? Student competitions centered around waste disposal vessels, waste collection and waste processing would offer a source of new ideas while also building early awareness in the minds of Helsinki’s future.

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Hello from Helsinki 2012!

This site features a collection of postcards from the future with clues to an open and happier Helsinki.

As a collaboration between Sitra and OK Do, Clues to Open Helsinki project suggests strategic changes that might make Helsinki the best World Design Capital to date. In doing so it redefines the role of design in the contemporary city.