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Some memories from the 70s and 80s in Poland: We did wash the plastic bags in order to reuse them, which is now unthinkable. I remember mom sticking them to the

Some memories from the 70s and 80s in Poland: We did wash the plastic bags in order to reuse them, which is now unthinkable. I remember mom sticking them to the bathroom tiling in order to dry. Also, no plastic garbage bags. Everybody just hauled buckets of trash to the big container to come back home with an empty bucket. This is also unthinkable now.

piotrkubisa 7y ago
> Everybody just hauled buckets of trash to the big container to come back home with an empty bucket. I have born in 90s, but I lived in a block from that era and remember how chute for trash was a nice idea - in winter time I haven't had to leave building to empty the trash bin.
krychu 7y ago
I remember the buckets yes! Another thing was to buy like a hundred kilos of potatoes and store them in the cellar (especially around the winter time), in wooden containers. Zero waste as potato bags were emptied and collected back by the seller. Again, you’d take another bucket and refill with potatoes when needed. Ah! And these were potatoes from local farms. Owners would bring them over in 25kg / 50kg bags on a horse carriage.
- badpun 7y ago
  > And these were potatoes from local farms. Owners would bring them over in 25kg / 50kg bags on a horse carriage. Still happens today in my city in Poland. The only changes are that the farmers have a car now and, more importantly, that they use an annoying megaphone over which they loudly announce their arrival on every street - the usual case of advertising adopting technology to make the world a worse place...
Symbiote 7y ago
> Everybody just hauled buckets of trash to the big container That's pretty much what I do with my recycling, except the buckets are white and from Ikea. (With the amount of packaging stuff in Denmark is wrapped in, it's the majority of my waste by volume.)
b0rsuk 7y ago
Even in big cities today, a common word for a bag is still "siatka", which translates to "net" or mesh, which was what bags were usually made of.
pawelk 7y ago
A plastic bag from a German store was almost a status symbol, it signaled that you either went abroad or have a family member living in the West.

piotrkubisa 7y ago

> Everybody just hauled buckets of trash to the big container to come back home with an empty bucket. I have born in 90s, but I lived in a block from that era and remember how chute for trash was a nice idea - in winter time I haven't had to leave building to empty the trash bin.

krychu 7y ago

I remember the buckets yes! Another thing was to buy like a hundred kilos of potatoes and store them in the cellar (especially around the winter time), in wooden containers. Zero waste as potato bags were emptied and collected back by the seller. Again, you’d take another bucket and refill with potatoes when needed. Ah! And these were potatoes from local farms. Owners would bring them over in 25kg / 50kg bags on a horse carriage.

badpun 7y ago
> And these were potatoes from local farms. Owners would bring them over in 25kg / 50kg bags on a horse carriage. Still happens today in my city in Poland. The only changes are that the farmers have a car now and, more importantly, that they use an annoying megaphone over which they loudly announce their arrival on every street - the usual case of advertising adopting technology to make the world a worse place...

Symbiote 7y ago

> Everybody just hauled buckets of trash to the big container That's pretty much what I do with my recycling, except the buckets are white and from Ikea. (With the amount of packaging stuff in Denmark is wrapped in, it's the majority of my waste by volume.)

b0rsuk 7y ago

Even in big cities today, a common word for a bag is still "siatka", which translates to "net" or mesh, which was what bags were usually made of.

pawelk 7y ago

A plastic bag from a German store was almost a status symbol, it signaled that you either went abroad or have a family member living in the West.