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A Taiwanese explained to me that since they have to pay for the official trash bags they care about how much stuff they can fit into that bag. Consequentially t
by pingec 8y ago
A Taiwanese explained to me that since they have to pay for the official trash bags they care about how much stuff they can fit into that bag. Consequentially they compact the trash, take out whatever can be recycled and in general spend some time dealing/thinking about trash. This makes the problem of trash more personal to them so they actively think about it and care more about how much trash is produced. I have seen many Taiwanese carry around a non-disposable set of chopsticks, a glass bottle for water that they fill up at various places and some even have a glass straw.
Also the garbage trucks don't seem to always stop, it was funny to me watching people coming from all directions and running after the truck and throwing the bags in :-).
- toxik 8y agoAnd that haunting tune the garbage truck blares out as it rolls through the neighborhood!
- somberi 8y agoSame in Switzerland. It works like this - you can only submit trash for collection in authorized bags. Authorized bags can be purchased only in select shops. These bags are expensive and the larger the bag exponentially pricey they are. Incentive to compact as much as you can in relatively smaller bags, and financial incentives are aligned. In the countries I have lived, Switzerland was where I had to constantly conscious of trash accumulation and disposal.