Shampoo bottle recycling ads

Does anyone else find the amazingly endless shampoo bottle recycling ads over the top? The ads are well done, but how often do they have to run? If they were paid for, it would have to be one of the most expensive ad buys in history. 

I don't get it either.

Right?

i must not watch enough tv.

max_weisenfeld said:

i must not watch enough tv.

I haven't seen any...

First I've heard of it. What's the problem? 

They're well done ads, but they're on 3-4 times each hour,  regardless of the station you're watching. 

marylago said:

max_weisenfeld said:

i must not watch enough tv.

I haven't seen any...

Me either.

sac said:

marylago said:

max_weisenfeld said:

i must not watch enough tv.

I haven't seen any...

Me either.

Me neither -- and my TV is on 24/7, literally (recuperating from surgery).

Have no idea, never saw them.

The purpose of the ads is to get more people to keep a recycling container in their bathrooms: 

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/7eya/ad-council-recycling-superhero

My bathroom recycle containers have far more cardboard toilet paper rolls than shampoo bottles.  Just sayin' ...

cramer said:

The purpose of the ads is to get more people to keep a recycling container in their bathrooms: 

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/7eya/ad-council-recycling-superhero

Understood, and no question they're well done ads for a very worthy purpose. But the frequency of them is awesome.

Dennis_Seelbach said:

cramer said:

The purpose of the ads is to get more people to keep a recycling container in their bathrooms: 

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/7eya/ad-council-recycling-superhero

Understood, and no question they're well done ads for a very worthy purpose. But the frequency of them is awesome.

My spouse is a confirmed couch potato, so I get a LOT of TV second-hand, but I haven't seen them.

Dennis_Seelbach said:

cramer said:

The purpose of the ads is to get more people to keep a recycling container in their bathrooms: 

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/7eya/ad-council-recycling-superhero

Understood, and no question they're well done ads for a very worthy purpose. But the frequency of them is awesome.

Just posting for those who hadn't seen the ads. They really are aired frequently. I'm surprised that many posters haven't seen them, since they're on CNN and/or MSNBC a lot.  Keep America Beautiful, the Ad Council and Unilever sponsored them (with Unilever contributing the money.)

http://crra.com/kab-ad-council-partner-unilever-promote-recycling-bathroom-products

I agree they are on ALL the time. I don't watch much TV, but every time I do I see one. Many may have seen them and just not noticed what they are for. I also had never realized the idea was to keep a recycling bin in your bathroom!! Just that it was somehow pro-recycling and oddly obsessed with shampoo bottles!

I've never seen the ad, but I put a recycling bins in my bathroom all on my own.  Do I get a prize?

I think it might also be one of those cases where the ads are shown back-to-back. I was watching a show about Alaskans (is there anyone left in that state without a film crew following them around?) on NatGeo, I think, and it ran both ads back-to-back during every break. It was cute at first, but wore out its welcome fast.

ridski said:

I think it might also be one of those cases where the ads are shown back-to-back. I was watching a show about Alaskans (is there anyone left in that state without a film crew following them around?) on NatGeo, I think, and it ran both ads back-to-back during every break. It was cute at first, but wore out its welcome fast.

They always run back-to-back. Always.

I see the ad so often I can almost recite it verbatim. Between Rachel, Chris and Lawrence they must be on the zillion times a night

Ok, I finally watched the ad and I notice they show a big, ugly recycling bin. Who wants that in their bathroom?  I got a mini, wastebasket sized blue container with a swinging top.  Not very noticeable and plenty of room for shampoo bottles and toilet paper rolls.

I carry mine to the paper bag  in the kitchen which holds all my recycling until it goes into the big blue can outside. It's kind of funny that an ad for recycling is encouraging us to fill our houses with little plastic bins.

ridski said:

I carry mine to the paper bag  in the kitchen which holds all my recycling until it goes into the big blue can outside. It's kind of funny that an ad for recycling is encouraging us to fill our houses with little plastic bins.

+1

ridski said:

I think it might also be one of those cases where the ads are shown back-to-back. I was watching a show about Alaskans (is there anyone left in that state without a film crew following them around?) on NatGeo, I think, and it ran both ads back-to-back during every break. It was cute at first, but wore out its welcome fast.

Considering that the population of the entire state of Alaska is less than Essex county New Jersey, I think it is highly likely that at this point every single resident has been on one reality show or another by now.

I don't see a problem with having however many bins you want, even one in every room, plastic or otherwise.  The problem with plastic is putting it into the waste stream, not with having it in reusable containers that are kept more or less indefinitely.

cramer said:

Dennis_Seelbach said:

cramer said:

The purpose of the ads is to get more people to keep a recycling container in their bathrooms: 

https://www.ispot.tv/ad/7eya/ad-council-recycling-superhero

Understood, and no question they're well done ads for a very worthy purpose. But the frequency of them is awesome.

Just posting for those who hadn't seen the ads. They really are aired frequently. I'm surprised that many posters haven't seen them, since they're on CNN and/or MSNBC a lot.  Keep America Beautiful, the Ad Council and Unilever sponsored them (with Unilever contributing the money.)

http://crra.com/kab-ad-council-partner-unilever-promote-recycling-bathroom-products

Ahhhh.  Problem solved.  CNN and MSNBC get a 1 share combined. 

spontaneous said:

ridski said:

I think it might also be one of those cases where the ads are shown back-to-back. I was watching a show about Alaskans (is there anyone left in that state without a film crew following them around?) on NatGeo, I think, and it ran both ads back-to-back during every break. It was cute at first, but wore out its welcome fast.

Considering that the population of the entire state of Alaska is less than Essex county New Jersey, I think it is highly likely that at this point every single resident has been on one reality show or another by now.

Do we really know the population now, though? Did the last census count a cameraperson, producer and sound tech for every man, woman and child? 

Speaking of which, productivity in the state must have nose dived since everyone has to do everything at least 3 times to get alternate angles on it, and anytime anyone goes anywhere, they have to go there once with the in-car crew, and then again for the b-roll crew to film the car against the beautiful landscape, and maybe a third time for the helicopter/drone shot.

sac said:

I don't see a problem with having however many bins you want, even one in every room, plastic or otherwise.  The problem with plastic is putting it into the waste stream, not with having it in reusable containers that are kept more or less indefinitely.

"We recycled all our plastic items! Oh, except all our recycle bins. Those we keep forever!"

ridski said:

sac said:

I don't see a problem with having however many bins you want, even one in every room, plastic or otherwise. The problem with plastic is putting it into the waste stream, not with having it in reusable containers that are kept more or less indefinitely.

"We recycled all our plastic items! Oh, except all our recycle bins. Those we keep forever!"

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There was a thread a while ago about a woman trying to recycle an old recycle bin. No matter what she did with it, including putting it another recycle bin, the crews kept returning it to her curb.

Each cable provider gets a minute or two per hour to sell their own advertising and when those spots can't be sold, they'll either run self-promotional ads or public service announcements. Verizon FIOS seems to find one well-made PSA and use it constantly for months on end. The last one was the one with different pairs of people dancing behind the X-ray machine.  Both are good ads with clever twists, but after a dozen times, the novelty wears off. 

I think Comcast and Cablevision run more promos in those slots. I'd imagine that the "It's always on"/"I've never seen it" split hear breaks down along FIOS/cable subscriber lines.