National Bank Financial Group Recovers Used Tennis Balls

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by michelle.sundvick | July 25, 2008 at 08:53 am
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I'm all for recycling, but this seems a bit strange to me.  National Bank Financial Group is encouraging the public to bring in their used tennis balls as part of an environmentally conscious act in which they will redistribute the balls to Quebec schools. The schools will cut open the balls and place them on the legs of students' chairs and tables in order to reduce classroom noise. Apparently the idea is linked to the bank's sponsorship of the Roger's Cup Tennis Tournament that is being held this week.  
All tennis balls collected as part of this environmentally conscious initiative will be redistributed to Quebec schools to be placed on the legs of students' chairs. This initiative, undertaken in response to a real need expressed by our schools, seeks to reduce classroom noise and promote a better learning environment for our children.

The Bank will be encouraging Quebecers to bring their used tennis balls to participating branches during this period and place them in the recycling bins set up for this purpose.

In addition, the public will be able to exchange used tennis balls for new ones at the National Bank kiosk at Uniprix Stadium during the Rogers Cup, from July 26 to August 3.

Source: marketwire.com

   

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pudlmomy
pudlmomy

at 10:53 on July 25th, 2008

Bijou hoards her tennis balls and will watch them CLOSELY to be sure they do not get away! She is proudly a part of the Highfalutin' Poodles gang!

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azzayindia
azzayindia
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at 11:03 on July 25th, 2008

michelle.sundvick, I like this story. It's good stuff.

so that is the reason they suddenly realised to recycle those balls!!!

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kate
kate

at 12:25 on July 25th, 2008

I agree that this is slightly bizarre. Hard to know exactly why. I have heard people discussing the problem of classroom noise but would imagine there to be a more elegant design solution.

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SHPhoto
SHPhoto

at 12:29 on July 25th, 2008

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SHPhoto
SHPhoto

at 12:31 on July 25th, 2008

i have no idea why tennis ball used for reducing noise from wooden furniture,

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Simon The Fox
Simon The Fox

at 12:41 on July 25th, 2008

If you want to see more of these photos visit:
www.flickr.com/simonthefox/

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mission hills physical therapy
mission hills physical therapy

at 13:02 on July 25th, 2008

tennis ball exercises are great for foot and leg pain.
Visit www.missionhillspt.com for more information.

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Max dataa
Max dataa

at 13:02 on July 25th, 2008

Hello,

Photography taken near a tennis court, in France (don't you see the frog hidden between the leaves ...!). It seems to be a kind of martian mushroom ("Soon on sale at Walmart !) ... but in fact it's our duty to considare it as a piece of pollution.

See you soon on Now Public Crowd Powered Media.

Max

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angelodraven
angelodraven

at 13:24 on July 25th, 2008

I've played tennis for 20+ years and I've thrown away a lot of old tennis balls throughout the years. It's good to know something useful can be done with them.

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Plucker
Plucker

at 13:26 on July 25th, 2008

Lucy insists on throwing her tennis ball in the pond and then retrieving it. Sometimes she can't reach it and she looks imploringly at me until I go and get it for her and as soon as I do she throws it back in again. I think it's some sort of doggy revenge for all the times I throw it for her!

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matthewwall
matthewwall

at 13:31 on July 25th, 2008

A lonely tennis ball found on the street.

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b_warshofsky
b_warshofsky

at 13:32 on July 25th, 2008

Very nice article!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/b_warshofsky/

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Rachy91
Rachy91

at 13:36 on July 25th, 2008

I never heard of this but I've seen it done for old people walkers and stuff like that. Most school need to do this because at my school can be very loud if they start moving desk around up stair. Can be very disruptive too.

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trevgrant88
trevgrant88

at 14:08 on July 25th, 2008

Photo to be used to publicise tennis ball recycling!

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gpfotoz
gpfotoz

at 14:33 on July 25th, 2008

Interesting article!

Photo by: g.p. read

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gpfotoz/

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Anda74
Anda74

at 14:34 on July 25th, 2008

Our dog parks are full of "recycled" tennis balls - they keep our dogs happy.

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Juseppe
Juseppe

at 15:06 on July 25th, 2008

"There are moments in a game of tennis when the ball struck the tape and, with a little 'luck, beyond, and then we win; or not ... and then loses"

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Tennis Ball Eddie2007
Tennis Ball Eddie2007

at 15:07 on July 25th, 2008

I guess it's a good deed and it WILL cut down on classroom noise! The best part is getting new balls in exchange for the old ones to keep the cycle going!
Too bad I can't ship ours up from South Florida- we play a few games and are done with them. Lucky for us, the kids pick 'em up and play with them.

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michelle.sundvick
michelle.sundvick

at 15:23 on July 25th, 2008

Thanks for all of the photo contributions and comments everyone! They are greatly appreciated :) As strange as I find this story, any efforts that go towards recycling are fine in my books!

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Luke_Martin
Luke_Martin

at 15:58 on July 25th, 2008

I shot it with my camera outside my house... Please link back to my blog at:
www.designbus.net

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thedallasangel
thedallasangel

at 16:01 on July 25th, 2008

I'm glad to share my photos with you all!

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mastermediait
mastermediait
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at 16:10 on July 25th, 2008

michelle.sundvick, I like this story. It's good stuff.


And thanks for choosing my photo! Mastermediait

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sweet_cookie90210
sweet_cookie90210

at 16:39 on July 25th, 2008

well, i was just playing fetch with my neighbors dog, sam (a black lab), and i decided to take a picture!

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Konaluv
Konaluv

at 17:04 on July 25th, 2008

This is a picture of my adorable puppy Kai (Boxer) at 6 8 weeks ! He my best buddy!

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Amy Judd
Amy Judd

at 17:08 on July 25th, 2008

I guess this is a good idea - seems strange though. Don't they have anything else to do?

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pantsonheadretarded
pantsonheadretarded

at 17:13 on July 25th, 2008

An essence of my day.

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downsouthdriver
downsouthdriver

at 17:58 on July 25th, 2008

I was walking a few laps around the Pilot truck stop in Hurricane Mills, TN and happened to have the camera handy.

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st0l1
st0l1

at 18:25 on July 25th, 2008

This is Stoli. Her tennis balls are unrecoverable. Unless someone from the National Bank Financial Group would like to remove the tennis ball confetti, if you will, from her pewp. But then the little Canadian children might get dog pewp on them at school. This would not be a good thing....No Stolis tennis balls are unrecoverable.

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raehman003
raehman003

at 18:35 on July 25th, 2008

:D In My Word, It's Free...

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slackerxpc
slackerxpc

at 19:21 on July 25th, 2008

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