The Recyclosaurus Rex at Coachella. (Nikie Johnson/Staff photo)
Have you seen the Recyclosaurus Rex yet? It eats empty water bottles. And will eventually poop them out.
It’s a project of a group called Global Inheritance that’s working with the Coachella organizers on recycling program and a bunch of other cool stuff. (Here’s some info on their bottle exchange program and the freebies available.)
The Recyclosaurus Rex, in case yo have managed to miss it, is at the recycle store between the Do Lab and the terrace where the biggest food court is.
The Recyclosaurus Rex at Coachella. (Nikie Johnson/Staff photo)
You can just throw a bottle into its mouth if you’re walking by (last night i saw an adorable 2-year-old enjoying that, but unfortunately I can’t get the photo I took off my camera). At several points a day, the staff comes by, turns the Recyclosaurus on and pours in bags of empty bottles. It gulps them down, then they get shaped into a cube by a trash compactor in its belly. You can see the water dribbling out as the bottles are squished, which is great.
The friendly staff I talked to said the Recyclosaurus has been fed about 1,500 bottles so far, and still isn’t full. I sort of feel like just camping out there so I can see when the compacted bottles come out. If you happen to be there when it happens, please please please, take a photo or video and tweet it out with the #pecoachella hash tag so I can see it.
The Recyclosaurus Rex at Coachella. (Nikie Johnson/Staff photo)