In Sweden theres a central trash collection point for every few dozen homes. For apartments it’s usually in the same building, but for rural homes, it might be at the end of the street or down the road a bit. This way trucks don’t have to drive down every street, residents don’t have to worry about putting their bins out on the right day, and there’s facilities for sorting recycling so that things are recycled properly. Putting everything in the same bin like the US/Canada doesn’t work very well.
Recently, the EU also mandated food waste sorting, so now food waste is also collected and used for biofuel. All of the busses here in Stockholm run on food waste with 0 carbon impact.
In Canada we’re not supposed to put everything in the same bin but some people are shitheads. At least not in Ontario or bc. We got curb side pickup for garbage, paper/metal recycling and compost. Then there’s drop off stations for drink bottles/jugs and glass. Plus the local dump will take e-waste and collect oil, paint, chemicals, etc. They even do a free used goods drop off/pick up spot
In Sweden theres a central trash collection point for every few dozen homes. For apartments it’s usually in the same building, but for rural homes, it might be at the end of the street or down the road a bit. This way trucks don’t have to drive down every street, residents don’t have to worry about putting their bins out on the right day, and there’s facilities for sorting recycling so that things are recycled properly. Putting everything in the same bin like the US/Canada doesn’t work very well.
Recently, the EU also mandated food waste sorting, so now food waste is also collected and used for biofuel. All of the busses here in Stockholm run on food waste with 0 carbon impact.
In Canada we’re not supposed to put everything in the same bin but some people are shitheads. At least not in Ontario or bc. We got curb side pickup for garbage, paper/metal recycling and compost. Then there’s drop off stations for drink bottles/jugs and glass. Plus the local dump will take e-waste and collect oil, paint, chemicals, etc. They even do a free used goods drop off/pick up spot