I picked up 10,000 bottles and cans because of Seinfeld

I still can't wrap my head around the fact that people straight up throw cans out of their windows while driving. Mind boggling

Absolutely disgraceful that they wouldn't even accept them as a donation.

The line "I know I'm not an idiot, but all these things edited up into a 6 minute video can make me look like one." is probably the best line in the whole video! Jim's comedy genius. Sorry Beau - more Jim please!

Finding the full bottle of hand sanatizer while looking through the trash is so ironic, I couldn't stop laughing.

I always think about how precious these things would be a few hundred years ago. Aluminum cans? A metal so rare and precious they capped the Washington monument with it instead of gold. A plastic water bottle? Its a lightweight, nigh unbreakable, clear, reusable, resealable container - it would be someones greatest possession.

I recently did a bikepacking trip across Europe and in my home country of Germany we have a national redemption system. As soon as I left the country bottles and cans started appearing in roadside ditches. Redemption systems are one of the best inventions to combat plastic pollution in my opinion. Thanks for the great video on the topic! Goodonya!

The deposit law in Michigan makes what Kramer and Newman were planning illegal. My very first job when I was 16 in 1996 was in the bottle return at a supermarket here in Michigan. We were supposed to watch for anyone attempting to return out of state cans and bottles. Being an apathetic teenager meant I 100% did not. One ridiculous quirk of the Michigan deposit law is that it only applies to carbonated beverage containers. No water bottles, sports drinks, etc. Those still just get thrown in the garbage. Even hard cider has no deposit. I can not tell you how many times 16 year old me had to stand there and argue with an older person that they did not in fact pay the 10 cent deposit on their Woodchuck Hard Cider when they bought it so I would not be refunding it.

As a Norwegian that has had deposits all my life I find the notion that other industrial nations dont have this system. We have like 99%+ return rate on bottles and cans. Truly dont understand why its not a thing for others. Great project. Had to click it when I read the title!

I physically cringe at the idea of throwing a can or something out the window. My parents drilled into me that there was no way I was allowed to just toss stuff away. It was my trash and the only person who was going to clean it was me.

Amazing how often doing the right thing can be stopped or ruined by pointless bureaucracy.

When I was a kid my grandpa would take a daily stroll through the local park in the small town I grew up in for years. Every day he would pick up trash or tidy things up, he said it was because he didn't want kids or animals to get hurt. Ended up getting in the local paper for it. He never said anything to anyone about it unless asked and we didn't have a recycling scheme in the state we lived in, just genuine care and effort. Ended up doing it till his health wouldn't allow.

It always baffles me that people walk around in forests and fields and go "oh nature is so nice" and then turn around and throw away their cigarettes, cans and bottles. ......

There's a great scheme in Finland where you get 10 cents for glass bottles, 15 cents for cans, 20 cents for 0,5l plastic bottles & 40 cents for 1,5l plastic bottles. The amounts are included in the store prices so people want to return the bottles to get money back. After big events outside a lot of people go around collecting bottles to basically get free money while also cleaning the surroundings.

I feel like you can rate a Beu upload, by how much trash he picks up and either eats or keeps. I Give this one an 11/10.

Jim did not have to worry so much about his portrayal. That is a top bloke

I Love how optimistic this dude is. He is happy where everyone else would feel miserable. It is mind boggling. I wish my brain was that happy and optimistic about life! People like you make the world a better place!

I love how Beau called another Beau to help

As an Aussie, I absolutely hate seeing so much trash just thrown/dumped out into our beautiful bushland 😢 thanks guys for picking so much up!

Here in South Africa an entire industry has sprung up around people that have very little other resources becoming recyclers. They gather massive trolleys of things and sell to recycle yards. Projects like insulation fabrics made from recycled plastic etc. Not sure how much they get for it, but they must be of the hardest working people you have ever seen lugging these massive platforms with recycled stuff through traffic at times. Gotta admire the guts.

honestly this should be a movement, its inspirational. makes me want to walk local and pick up. i always do my part for myself i don't understand how people just toss out the window.