A serial killer is an unlikely cheerleader for recycling ? even a fictional one.
But a character created by the New Zealand Steel Can Association shares its name with the flesh-eating monster made famous by Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs.
The association's can recyling group, Canzbac, is hoping Hanable the CAN-able will be just the thing to motivate kids to help save the planet.
He appears on a website featuring fun activities and things to do with cans.
Children can print off their own Hanable the CAN-able mask and make a more traditional tin-can tele-phone.
Canzbac chairman Keith Parker says the website aims to educate kids in a fun way and reduce the number of cans going to landfill.
"We also hope schools will use the resources available on our website when looking for imaginative ways to teach children," he says.
And he doesn't think children will draw any link to the original Hannibal the Cannibal, the killer with grizzly recycling habits of his own made famous by Hopkins in the 1988 film.
"Their mum and dad might, but I don't think kids would make the association between Hanable the CAN-able and Hannibal Lecter," Mr Parker says.
Hanable is made of different cans and aerosols, highlighting the range of products which can be recycled.
Less than half the steel cans used in New Zealand are recycled, Mr Parker says.
The 223 million cans which go to landfill each year could be used to make nearly half a million household fridges.
by:www.stuff.co.nz
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