In response to the last “one man’s trash” post I actually received two emails: the first from Kean Maizels, who ended up receiving the box, and the second from an old friend and former colleague from the UK, Phil Gill, who just missed out.
Luckily the Neuchatel office’s “recycler in chief”, Francesco Tonioni, managed to find a second breakout box (he’d also found the one that launched this whole initiative, of course). A different model than the first, but with similar capabilities.
I stopped by the Neuchatel office on Tuesday to pick it up, and I remember thinking to myself “It’s good to have it, that way I can ship it across the UK once I get back from the UK. Wait a minute…”
So I sent Phil a quick email, suggesting we meet for a drink so I could give him the box. He and his family don’t live in Birmingham, but are only about 30 minutes away in Redditch. Luckily they ended up all being free for dinner on Wednesday, and Phil kindly picked me up from the