On my trip to UK, I took several photos of dustbins whenever I went. Then the other day, I was pondering whether animals have a soul like we humans have. It got me thinking about plants, trees, and insects. Then I began to look a little deeper, if we know that animals, plants, trees talk to each other they must have some form of consciousness, but does that mean that everything around us has a conscious awareness. I mean everything that we have in form of technology come from this earth, therefore we would say that the earth is alive with consciousness; if that is the case, then my dustbin has a consciousness, doesn’t it?
But again, a bin has no life, it just sits in the corner and I doubt many would communicate with it. We speak to our cars or motorbike on the other hand and we yell at them, praise them, and even mourned when they die. All these are just a collection of lifeless parts and only comes to life when life is in it. A dustbin is nothing but a bin full of dust.
Since lifeless parts may come to life when life is in it, I placed my hand inside my dustbin today and spoke to it a little to see if it would respond. I am not nuts, and unfortunately it did not. I wonder if a dustbin would need the same loving treatment like we do to our vehicles. What if it spat out the dust and garbage we fill it with, when it becomes annoyed? But again, does a dustbin have feelings? Below is my collection of dustbin photos.
Picture 1: A dustbin outside Bramber House, University of Sussex.
Picture 2: Dustbins at University of Cambridge
Picture 3: Dustbin at Clacket Lane Service Area, Tatsfield, Westerham TN16 2ER, UK
Picture 4: Dustbin near Chichester, University of Sussex.
Picture 5: Two dustbins below The Bridge Café, University of Sussex.
Picture 6: Dustbin at Churchill Square Shopping Centre, Brighton.
Picture 7: Dustbin at Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton
Picture 8: Dustbin at Brighton beach
Picture 9: Dustbin at King’s Rd, Brighton, UK
Picture 10: Dustbin in one of the classes at Fulton, University of Sussex
Picture 11: Dustbin at Northfield Residence, University of Sussex
Picture 12: Dustbin at United Nations Headquarters in Africa, Nairobi Kenya
Picture 13: Dustbin at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi Kenya.
These photos can tell many stories and one would have many interpretations of them. I have told my own story with these photos.