Chuck and Vince, "We Want It!" -- City of Toronto's Electronic Recycling Program

[narutoloverz95]

So..Who do I call? B/c I have a big TV sitting outside on my lawn..

[itsv1be]

do these guys want something?

[raymondleeleggs]

I throw up in my mouth at all the vintage stereo equipment and big speakers that are lost that way..........

[powerfulSubtlety]

It's not like the city of Toronto hasn't come up with funny PSAs in the past. Remember the "keep our lake clean" ads with the nutty scientists?

This one, however, is the best so far.

[shim2dawg]

Omg '/' is not a backslash

[pureEVA]

It's nice to see that City of Toronto is now collecting electronics, but I would like to know what happens to them after that. Are the electronics efficiently & safely recycled by responsible facilities, or do they get shipped overseas for improper "recycling" like most e-waste? This makes a big difference for me, since the latter is both environmentally costly & a health hazard to those who recycle the items.

[Fragilityg4]

You guys aren't serious right? These commercials are annoying; almost more then Spence Diamonds ... Not to mention there are companies who will PAY you for your old electronics ... You may think this is saving the world but all it's doing is wasting tax payers money.

[couryXOXOXO]

Hahaha !!

[patcconnolly]

wow! glad to see that city hall doesn't yake itself too seriously -- other sectors of this stiffy establishment could learn a thing or two about connecting with iys citizenry :)

[ibeleaf]

OH MY GOD HE SAID BACKSLASH  GOD NO!!!!

[NWforager]

what is done with the old electronics there? in Seattle area it takes an act of God to find places like this . I think Goodwill does it a few times a year and other places that do take this stuff keep it under wraps and don't advertise it ,cause they get a tax write-off but don't want to do crap.

As soon as oil /plastic is scarce ,more cities will be also screaming "We Want it !!" ,but by then they'll be competing with the private sector and poop out of luck.

[wordboy]

Great stuff.

[directive0]

Happy to see the city of Toronto taking E-Waste seriously by making a humorous PSA. Well done guys.

WE WANT IT.

[palomarose]

hahahhaha MY TAPES is amazing!!!!

[vxskud]

Epic Win

[jakkaru]

Just saw this on the news and came to look it up. :) LOVE IT

Now I wish I lived in TO

[galaxytrio]

Great PSA. Whoever is responsible needs to be promoted.

[sjcrw]

i already paid 20 bucks of recycling fees on the monitor i bought, and you say you take it to recyle? so why the hell do i have to pay the city or government 20 bucks???? this is hopeless

[alphabus]

@sjcrw that's why you pay the recycling fees - so that the city can provide the service.

[Sakamachi25]

not knowing the difference between a slash and a back-slash might explain why these guys are hauling trash for a living.

[hondorama]

Chuck,

I love you in that thing you're in.

Hawke

[watsallthisnow]

so wait, do they want it?

[papashanks]

thanks guys, you are great and you made me proud as a city of toronto employee. keep having fun.

[Davz99]

If they want it, is it really still "unwanted"?

[briancoops]

This is awesome - a PSA that's actually funny and effective! Now I can finally say "Good work, City of Toronto!"

[sinnaever]

HAHA Nug

you will always be the hillbilly from Evil Dead: The Musical

[brickitybrax]

seriously? complaining about the slash/backslash/forward slash? get over yourselves. this ad is hilarious!

[XCavaleX]

That's not backslash

[thecityoftoronto]

@XCavaleX Yeah ... Vince made an error there it's a slash or, better said, forward slash.

[rickyy33]

awesome

!!!!



[srhmusic13]

ha. great. i love canada

[30dirtythoughts]

This is the best trash related video out of Toronto since the Toronto Garbage Song...

[brentbartbuchanan]

Gold..love your work boys!

[eccemarco]

this is an AMAZING and so fun to watch commercial. the most important thing is the result: Please guys at City of Toronto keep us posted on how effective is the idea of this ad, and how many people are giving back the electronic waste. Thanks. Marco

[grantdrygas]

this IS a great idea, however the City is no where close to having enough staff or trucks to follow through on this at this time. Most of it is still going to land fill! I think this add campaign is a little pre-mature.

[TheGreenBastard416]

Great job on this. I was actually wondering what I should do with my old computer.

[chrisarchitect]

this is craaaazy -- hey! Video-on-Trial! haha

[iianantir]

Man, I love your commercial. If only all government services were this easy.

[irish54]

I thought Vince's real name is Marty Adams, not MartE?  This is hilarious.

[mediumone]

i love it! The program and the video. Great job!

[TheCaramelDelight]

Nice

[ybread]

Hahaha.. Awesome!

[misternug]

As the rest of the spot is made poorly on purpose, I imagine the 'backslash' is part of the sens of humour of the spot. The address does scroll across the bottom while he says it, after all.

[AnarKhrist]

Holy crap! It's the Mustard Guy!

[viinikka]

That is a very funny and smart PSA. I praise you.

[hmsvicky]

I love the Gorilla mask aka reference to the Active Surplus store on Queen.

My only gripe is that Vince says "backslash" when clearly the URL is just a "slash."

Despite that, the city of Toronto is pretty tech-savvy.

[thecityoftoronto]

@hmsvicky - we note you are referencing the audio here on the backslash ... Yo, Vince - 'ya shoulda' said forward slash or slash!

[PaulinaINthe9oh5]

@hmsvicky I found that the "Backslash" fit perfectly with everything else they did lol

The mixed up shirts (Want it We!)

and the SPEAKERS. SPEAKERS. SPEAKERS!!

or better when they point at us for the "we" part and then at themselves for the "your" part

BRILLIANT.

[nattituder]

Good on the bureaucrat who approved a fresh fun PSA concept!

[margonaut]

this is smart, Toronto's a great city :)

[emperor3d]

You want it? :D

[Archknave]

That's not a backslash.

[FxNxRl]

That is REALLY well done. The only thing is that this thing here / is a "slash", a "backslash" looks like \ Some people with accessibility issues and older software may have a problem with that.

[deathstar79]

This is awesome! Who is the guy playing Vince? He looks familiar...

[thecityoftoronto]

@deathstar79 Here are the names:

Chuck is Nug (yes, just a one word name) his twitter handle is @Nug13

Vince is Marte Adams (Marte doesn't have a twitter handle)

The lady at the curb is Marsha Mason (twitter handle is @mowsh)

[scotymcb]

Thankyou Toronto for putting together something that is actually really great.

[shami89542]

Great Vid!

[thedeniscarr]

Favourite: I'm a robot...throw me out on garbage day.

[kiltemper]

@thecityoftoronto Congrats on thinking outside of the box and coming up with a catchy PSA!!!

[thecityoftoronto]

Remember you can check your collection calendar or the toronto "ewaste" web pages for more information. (we can't make the link here but it is on the description of the video :0)

[coreyauthority]

Speakers.  Speakers. Speakers!!

[williamwarren17]

Mmmm, mahogany..

[karahiltz]

So, should I put my electronics out on garbage day?

[thecityoftoronto]

@karahiltz Yes! Electronics go out on garbage day. Put larger items beside your Garbage Bin or multiple smaller items in the plastic E-waste bag provided in new 2010/2011 curb side collection calendar (if no bag, then use an open cardboard box for small electronics).

[karahiltz]

@thecityoftoronto I thought that might be what the video was getting at. Yay Nug!