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This depends on the country though. Here in the Netherlands, it's extremely expensive to dispose of things in the "general trash" bin. Recycling on the other ha
by yurishimo 4y ago
This depends on the country though. Here in the Netherlands, it's extremely expensive to dispose of things in the "general trash" bin. Recycling on the other hand, is essentially free (at least in my village). Organic waste is not free (except during the holidays!), but it's an order of magnitude cheaper than the general waste.
- nirimda 4y agoYes but this just changes which bin the stuff is put into. The organic bin next to my apartment in Germany always has plenty of plastic in it. The stuff that actually gets put into the packaging bin vs the general waste bin seems to be completely random, to the extent that I can see it. (Glass and paper bins mostly contain glass and paper.)
- cinntaile 4y agoThis is sometimes solved by requiring pre-paid see through bags. If the garbage man notices something that shouldn't be in there, it's not collected.
- Acinyx 4y agoThey are more and more working on doing the separation at the garbage company though instead of at the source. Generally the reason for this that that consumers aren't very consistent in the separation and a few mistakes makes the whole stream worthless if they don't implement separation after collection. Two examples of large municipalities going this route: * https://www.amsterdam.nl/afval-en-hergebruik/plastic-scheidingsinstallatie/ https://www.amsterdam.nl/afval-en-hergebruik/plastic-scheidi... * https://www.almere.nl/wonen/afval/afval-scheiden/nascheiden https://www.almere.nl/wonen/afval/afval-scheiden/nascheiden