Yep, this is exactly how it is in Tokyo. There's a giant trash room downstairs for people to deposit trash and sort it (cardboard, plastic, PET bottles, burnab

Yep, this is exactly how it is in Tokyo. There's a giant trash room downstairs for people to deposit trash and sort it (cardboard, plastic, PET bottles, burnables, metals, etc., plus they frequently have a bunch of hand tools and stuff you might need to borrow). The building management puts the appropriate trash out on the appropriate day to be picked up, so it's only outside for a few hours.