we have s three bin system at home...
general waste
recycling
compostable stuff
We have three bins here in Australia.
Red is for garbage only.
Yellow is recycling.
Green is our FOGO bin for lawn clippings and garden waste.
Our bin day is Wednesday and recycling is every fortnight. Luckily, mine isn’t very full as I’m careful in what packaging I buy. Our local council takes care of this.
We have three bins here in Australia.
Red is for garbage only.
Yellow is recycling.
Green is our FOGO bin for lawn clippings and garden waste.
Our bin day is Wednesday and recycling is every fortnight. Luckily, mine isn’t very full as I’m careful in what packaging I buy. Our local council takes care of this.
i like this system...
and it seems It's australia wide
These are the official instructions 
These are the official instructions
So you have 5 bins on the streets?
Any of them marked compostable?
So you have 5 bins on the streets?
Any of them marked compostable?
The brown bin you're unlikely to encounter out on the streets. It's pretty much exclusively found in private homes.
On the other hand, there are actually three glass bins that you're likely to find at least once per neighbourhood rather than just one green one. A white one for clear glass, a brown one for, you guessed it, brown glass and a green one for green glass. These are almost always right next to the paper bins.
If by marked compostable you mean stuff like bags or biodegradable plastic wrappings for example, then it depends.
Plastic wrappings have a seal that tells you where it needs to go, yellow bin or grey one with all the rest. Genuinely compostable stuff that breaks down completely without releasing toxins would belong to organic waste in the brown one.
Or so I was told...
Display MoreThe brown bin you're unlikely to encounter out on the streets. It's pretty much exclusively found in private homes.
On the other hand, there are actually three glass bins that you're likely to find at least once per neighbourhood rather than just one green one. A white one for clear glass, a brown one for, you guessed it, brown glass and a green one for green glass. These are almost always right next to the paper bins.
If by marked compostable you mean stuff like bags or biodegradable plastic wrappings for example, then it depends.
Plastic wrappings have a seal that tells you where it needs to go, yellow bin or grey one with all the rest. Genuinely compostable stuff that breaks down completely without releasing toxins would belong to organic waste in the brown one.
Or so I was told...
ok.
Is there bag/ bio wrapping in Germany claimed to be able to be buried in your home garden and would ..vaporize or degrade in soil 3 to 6 months later? that saves you trips to compostable / organic bins tho..
ok.
Is there bag/ bio wrapping in Germany claimed to be able to be buried in your home garden and would ..vaporize or degrade in soil 3 to 6 months later? that saves you trips to compostable / organic bins tho..
Yeah, we do have bags that claim to be 100% eco-friendly but to my knowledge most (if not all) turned out to be a bit of a fraud. Tests showed that none of them actually disintegrated as promised. They remained completely intact regardless of how much time passed. Looked good as new after a year.
If you have a compost heap though, then you're obviously free to try.
First, household level, not many have the awareness to sort trash, even some throw their trash at the river or empty field
Second, society level, not many trash bins on the street except in big cities or public infrastructure. Even if there is sorted trash bins, the people don't take the time to sort their trash, they'll just throw to whichever hole that closer to them
FYI: we have mountains of trash
First, household level, not many have the awareness to sort trash, even some throw their trash at the river or empty field
Second, society level, not many trash bins on the street except in big cities or public infrastructure. Even if there is sorted trash bins, the people don't take the time to sort their trash, they'll just throw to whichever hole that closer to them
FYI: we have mountains of trash
All right
Does Indo government plan on restricting plastics of one time usage such as straws, plastic bags , coffee stirrers and stuff replace them with biodegradable stuffs ?
It is a hit and miss around where I live. In my particular neighborhood, it's a free for all. One side is super nice, but walk a couple blocks, there arelot of trash on the streets and the trash bins are not well kept. We had a clothing donation bin as well and some used that to dump trash in. We can't have nice things in my neighborhood it seems.
At home we recycle newspaper/paper, plastic bottles, and the rest.
All right
Does Indo government plan on restricting plastics of one time usage such as straws, plastic bags , coffee stirrers and stuff replace them with biodegradable stuffs ?
Dunno about that. But some business restricting plastics as their packing
we dont recycle 
tho we try
I took picture from the balcony
My country is ranked 3rd in recycling right after Switzerland and Austrtia
48% of our garbage is recycled
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