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Originally Posted by Fuzz
So you increase the cost for larger bins that covers the extra disposal fee, and amortizes it over a year or so. User pay, if you have more trash. They'd probably have to give the smaller ones away if they want to incentivize that, but if they go with 3 sizes they can reuse the ones that are already out.
The biggest issue is going to be more contamination in the other waste streams. I don't know how you prevent that.
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When I was in Japan/Kyoto renting a townhouse, the trash collection company seemed to provide the bags for you to use. The bags are color coded and relatively transparent so you can quickly see what was inside. Penalties are imposed on bags with contaminated trash and recyclables (ie: higher pick up fee and/or refusal of collection). I also seem to recall that the pickup was 1-2 times a week.
That being said, I seem to recall that one of the sort of general rules with the trash in Japan was more along the lines of "incinerable vs non-incinerable" vs compost, recycle and trash. Non-incinerable AFAIK was taken to sorting facilities and incinerables that were compliant were taken to be directly burned.
I wonder if going to such a system would be helpful and a bit easier because of the general problems with the black and blue bins having things that it shouldn't have?