[AERNet] FW: First ever tactile recycling sacks for the blind

[Cooke, AnneMarie]

I agree with you r point. I think the tactile marking s have more to do
with the color of the sacks that sighted collectors pick up. Green for
plastic may be hard to distinguish form blue for glass and red for
newspapers so by having a tag or similar, blind folks can use the
appropriate designated bag for whatever these specific recyclable is.
Annemarie

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Well, yes not sticking your hands in the bag would be nice, but even
through the bag you can feel the difference between soda cans, glass
jars, newspapers and plastic milk jugs. Shake 'em and they even sound
different. I'm into using specialized tactile marks when other tactile,
visual, auditory, olfactory senses cannot do the job, but unless I'm
missing something, this does not seem necessary to me. Okay to use of
course, but not necessary. 
Lis



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