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[citizen erased]

ok, i wish i thought to ask this sooner because its been a much bigger headache than it should have been.


apparently separating the garbage is a much bigger deal here than it is in the US. i never recycled in the US. i get here and there are maybe 5 options in the garbage area of my apartment. but every time i have tried to take out my garbage, i am left with half a bag full of trash that doesnt look like it is appropriate for any of the 5 containers. at that point, i usually just say "fk it" and leave the bag half full.


am i the only one having this problem?

[thematrixiam]

Where I was we had old ajummas that would rummage through everything and then sort it.

I just tossed out my stuff in what ever sized bag I wanted to and let the scavengers go at it.

[mekku]

okay so this is a dumb question...but don't they have a 'misc' type container? ie, for everything that doesn't fall into the other categories?

i lived in a dorm in korea so didn't have to deal with recycling, but when i lived in finland there were about five containers: glass, plastic, compost, paper, and everything else.

that's my best guess!

[poet13]

Take your garbage outside.
Throw it all up in the air.
Whatever doesn't come down, God dumpster dove on.
The rest you need to deal with.

[crusher_of_heads]

Garbage goes to the left

komerican to the left everybody else to the right