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> I spend about an hour sorting trash each week That gets to the clear difference between Japanese culture and US culture. Americans will sort their trash, bu
by gwbas1c 3y ago
> I spend about an hour sorting trash each week
That gets to the clear difference between Japanese culture and US culture.
Americans will sort their trash, but they won't spend that much time sorting their trash.
Japanese culture has an immense amount of civic pride and responsibility that isn't present in the US.
- themaninthedark 3y ago>Collection happens at central points shared by a few houses. So if you fuck it up, your neighbors will know. >Collection happens through individual small trucks and the guy check the items and sort them directly into larger bins. If you made a mistake they will label it and leave it behind. Part of it is the fact that neighbors police each other. Culturally we tend to reject when others are intruding in our business. Note the disdain for HOA and busybodies. Having that culture might be a good thing in respect to recycling but it is also a brake to other societal change as it is a consecutive force.
- lobochrome 3y agoBut one of the beautiful things of living here is to witness (positiv) societal change happening in crazy speed. It used to be that people smoked everywhere, 10 years ago certain districts started prohibiting smoking in the street and relegated smokers to certain corners, today this corners have been replaced by closed containers with air conditioning and filtration systems. It sometimes feels magical…
- Dylan16807 3y agoPutting that kind of pressure into cleaning up smoking is pretty cool. Putting so many hours into recycling... well it depends on how much that actually accomplishes. Because that is a huge amount of labor.
- numpad0 3y agoWe use translucent plastic bags for trash as well, not that tall bin with lids. So a bag full of sausage bags in the bottles day at the neighborhood collection point sticks out.