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Since you mention your flat, I must still insist on it actually being too difficult for the general public. Just exactly how many separate vessels, with frequently changing "clear" labelling are people going to have to keep inside their homes?

I do agree it doesn't need to be too difficult, but I think the only way that can happen is if the sorting is moved way downstream.

The primary reason I sort at home is because of the economic incentive of a larger black bin (landfill) costing more, whereas everything else is unmetered.



I'm referring to the large communal recycling vessels in the basement that people empty their stuff into a few times a week. There are three of these and they are emptied every so often.


I'd expect that once people get to those, it's too late. They've already done as much sorting as they're going to do.

However, I've never lived anywhere with that arrangement, so maybe I'm missing something.




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