[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

[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...

[ealize]

I think what you are describing is called the Cobra Effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_effect

[wololo_]

there's an effect for everything these days eh

[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".