In Taiwan, the trash trucks do not pick up trash cans on the side of the road. Instead, you go outside at your designated trash truck time and throw your bags into the truck with all your neighbors in the area.
They signal their arrival with a song over a loudspeaker that sounds like an Ice Cream Truck to anybody who grew up in America.
It ends up being a friendly gathering of all your neighbors, talking about the weather, their garden, life, etc--all while holding bags of garbage.
EDIT: forgot my question....Would you rather see families of people hand you their garbage as you roll by each community, or do you think no interaction between the garbage creators and the garbage handlers is better?
Personally, I think that having to hand take your garbage out to the truck with all your neighbors makes you more conscious of the garbage you create. I've learned the Taiwanese people create a lot less trash than we do in America. There is even a bin on the side of the truck that you can put your food waste (vegetable cuttings, food you would normally put down the disposal in your sink) which makes trash a lot less...nasty.
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In Taiwan, the trash trucks do not pick up trash cans on the side of the road. Instead, you go outside at your designated trash truck time and throw your bags into the truck with all your neighbors in the area.
They signal their arrival with a song over a loudspeaker that sounds like an Ice Cream Truck to anybody who grew up in America.
It ends up being a friendly gathering of all your neighbors, talking about the weather, their garden, life, etc--all while holding bags of garbage.
EDIT: forgot my question....Would you rather see families of people hand you their garbage as you roll by each community, or do you think no interaction between the garbage creators and the garbage handlers is better?
Personally, I think that having to hand take your garbage out to the truck with all your neighbors makes you more conscious of the garbage you create. I've learned the Taiwanese people create a lot less trash than we do in America. There is even a bin on the side of the truck that you can put your food waste (vegetable cuttings, food you would normally put down the disposal in your sink) which makes trash a lot less...nasty.
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