Sat 2008/10/04 01:50
Some milk cartons left outside to dry after washing. For those who don't know, we are required to wash milk and other paper cartons and cut them flat before we throw them out with the rest of the paper on recycle day. Are the Japanese the only ones to wash garbage?
Posted on Sat 2008/10/04 01:50 by
I wash certain things out, cans, jars, and things if the content is on a stinky side to begin with. That keeps my recycle bin stink and bug free before collection.
(ID #322247) Posted on 2008/10/04 02:00
Night Stalker
my Father washes his Crappy Aluminum can's & some of my beer bottles before he sells it to the local recyling thingy last time he got like $17 out of it
(ID #322249) Posted on 2008/10/04 02:03
Professional Bum Mode
We don't wash our milk cartons, though we have a separate recycle bin for that.
(ID #322250) Posted on 2008/10/04 02:03
no such washing here. it wont make any difference if you throw it or recycle it - its going to some stinky heap anyway.
(ID #322262) Posted on 2008/10/04 02:09
Whereabouts are you from? I thought that all countries are required to recycle by now.
(ID #322266) Posted on 2008/10/04 02:11
Really？ There's alot of places in the US that don't even have facilities to recycleo.o At least not here. Everything goes in one bag for us.
(ID #322610) Posted on 2008/10/04 09:55
If that's the case your waste management providers are losing out. Most companies make a nice profit on selling recycled goods.
(ID #322500) Posted on 2008/10/04 07:02
JooNkeN (登録日: 2008/04/05 00:28)
Actually, what they do here in the US is, (Although we do have a recycle bin, the majority of people don't actually use it) everybody just throw their garbage into one bin. After the waste management collects everything, THEY are the ones that sort out all the different types of garbage into the different recycle categories. So, yes they do make a nice profit on selling recycled good. So much that they are willing to sort out our crap for us at their place. And no, we don't wash anything that goes into the trash.
(ID #322937) Posted on 2008/10/04 17:33
We're not required to do that... But to prevent the bin from smelling we wash them out anyway. We are required to remove the lids from bottles and jars, so we can't simply seal the smell within. We aren't required to flatten things out, but we do it anyway just to save space. The rules aren't as strict here, probably because our bins are massive. How big are they in Japan?
(ID #322263) Posted on 2008/10/04 02:10
Pseudo-Graphic Designer
There's no rule about i having to be washed, but we always wash/rinse out the excess milk from the milk jug after we're done (yea we don't buy cartons, just the jugs).
(ID #322265) Posted on 2008/10/04 02:10
afatcow (登録日: 2008/08/28 17:35)
Hey, we do that too! :D
(ID #322552) Posted on 2008/10/04 08:54
Student/Photographer
We do it in many parts in Sweden at least.
(ID #322271) Posted on 2008/10/04 02:15
Here we don't have such a thing. Throw garbage to trash bin as is, very disgussting after a few days
(ID #322278) Posted on 2008/10/04 02:21
Hmm.. now I know why statistics on amount of garbage Malaysia produces is so high..
(ID #322286) Posted on 2008/10/04 02:25
a female demon possessed a guy body but end up controled by guy's "burning desire"...
agree...nod nod...
(ID #322318) Posted on 2008/10/04 02:45
1st year Civil Engineering Student
seconded that. sad really. ^^;;
(ID #322340) Posted on 2008/10/04 03:00
We don't really do that since it's all collected by garbages. For drinks that are non-dairy however, we ourselves recycle it and sell it to the bottle depot. Get some nice change out of it
(ID #322303) Posted on 2008/10/04 02:37
And i thought those cartons were hung there to scare off animals or something... In singapore we do have dedicated bins scattered around just for recyclable items like paper and bottles, but i dont think anyone uses them.
(ID #322304) Posted on 2008/10/04 02:38
Wow, that's weird. The stuff that we recycle, we just toss in the recycling bin. No washing required.
(ID #322309) Posted on 2008/10/04 02:40
No washing or cutting here. Just three large bins per house, green for yard waste, blue for recyclable goods, and gray for trash. Fortunately our gray bin is only about 1/4th full every week since almost all our trash is recyclable. I do wash the bins when they start to smell or attract flies though.
(ID #322321) Posted on 2008/10/04 02:46
Informatics(ComSci-ish) student/self-taught graphic designer and illustrator/Network Operations Support Analyst
Nope, we have to wash some of the garbage too before throwing them out ^^ (Canada)
(ID #322325) Posted on 2008/10/04 02:47
Okay. I think we are the worst here then. Everything just goes into one BIG bin (: The rubbish truck comes daily, goes to incineration plant and everything is burnt. Maybe they separate the metals / plastics there. We're not that big on recycling here. Any Singaporeans beg to differ??
(ID #322334) Posted on 2008/10/04 02:54
Part human, part student, 100% loser
I don't wash garbage, I just put it in the trash can...
(ID #322335) Posted on 2008/10/04 02:56
Otaku
is a recommendation here to a give quick wash to recycle garbage, I do.
(ID #322341) Posted on 2008/10/04 03:02
our milk come in bags >_<
(ID #322411) Posted on 2008/10/04 04:22
WebDesign, Coding, Administration
With the introduction of the "green point" (symbol of recycle trash) they said that people please shall clean the milk boxes and stuff... however, no one does. -_-;;
(ID #322412) Posted on 2008/10/04 04:23
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
Probably, not shure about other countries. But in Brazil, I must be part of the 0,01% of the population who actually washes recycleabes. Also, part of the 5% of the population who actually recycles (not obligatory here, though there's been lots of awareness campaigns). Recycling cans in public spaces are plain useless since the average brazilian person isn't educated enough to throw the garbage on correct cans.
(ID #322416) Posted on 2008/10/04 04:26
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
Oh yeah, I do realize that washing recyclabes here is useless... because since no one else does it, all recycled trash has to be washed before processing. Also, in many cities, there isn't actually a recycling center... so they all end up in landfills equally. But I do it anyways. Either from some crazy hope that this will be useful in Brazil someday, of from the hope that I'll move to Japan so I'd better get used to stuff like that now. Also, I'm doing my part. I don't trust the government or other people to do theirs, but I'm doing my part anyways.
(ID #322423) Posted on 2008/10/04 04:31
where i live they don't accept milk cartons for recycle, even if you wash them.
(ID #322425) Posted on 2008/10/04 04:35
I wash out stuff like that before throwing it away because it just plain stinks to high hell if you don't, especially in the summer.
(ID #322429) Posted on 2008/10/04 04:40
American recycling companies say you're supposed to clean stuff before sending it in. I don't know how many people bother, though. And not all areas have recycling in the first place.
(ID #322441) Posted on 2008/10/04 04:57
Student Engineer
Nah- we throw the carton away, I don't think there are any local borough codes that state we must cut them flat. I would think that a baler could do the job after the cartons are mass washed.
(ID #322449) Posted on 2008/10/04 05:12
wew,is that true 0.o?been in japan for one n ahalf year,n i never do that ^_^;
(ID #322461) Posted on 2008/10/04 05:40
Here in the northeastern US we generally wash anything that is going to be recycled, at least in my area..
(ID #322467) Posted on 2008/10/04 05:45
Student & Authorized Chicken Slapper
I dont wash them but I do tend to rinse them out so they dont have whatever substance that are in them, like cans, cartons, bottles.
(ID #322469) Posted on 2008/10/04 05:46
I think we do it here...
(ID #322470) Posted on 2008/10/04 05:47
I rinse aluminum cans so as not to attract ants and other insects. We are not required by law to wash our recycle items and only do so for personal reasons. The washing (if necessary) is done by the people at the waste management center as apart of the recycling process.
(ID #322477) Posted on 2008/10/04 06:01
College Student and PC world drone worker
I wash cans and milk cartons, also i wash my bottles before putting in recycling, i also dont put the lids of the cartons and bottles in the recycling bin, i put those in the normal rubbish bin. its not required to wash it in Hampshire, but i just do it for the sake of it :P
(ID #322487) Posted on 2008/10/04 06:44
When I was living in a very Asian part of NY I noticed that almost everybody rinsed/washed their items prior to putting them in recycling bins. Haven't seen anybody do the same where I live now though.
(ID #322488) Posted on 2008/10/04 06:44
full time student, 60% of the time.
We wash out milk bottles and tins etc. basically because we wouldn't want milk pouring into the bins and making them stink! There's no requirement to do it here, but every house is given 3 bins 1 for recyclables, 1 for organic waste, 1 for general waste, if you put non recyclable stuff into the recycling bin you could get fined..
(ID #322491) Posted on 2008/10/04 06:47
I always wash our milk cartons before recycling them :3
(ID #322493) Posted on 2008/10/04 06:52
just aluminum cans since we store them until we have enough to recycle...
(ID #322538) Posted on 2008/10/04 08:32
(University)Student
We always rinse out the milk bottles before putting them in the trash. Stops it smelling as much I spose... I've never really enquired as to why we do this though...
(ID #322539) Posted on 2008/10/04 08:32
we recycle over here....mainly beer bottles, but we are not required to wash them, or milk cartons, or any kind of cartons. Only prerequisite for recycling is to sort it out.
(ID #322600) Posted on 2008/10/04 09:47
university film student
We wash recyclables at my house, not because we're required, but because it smells and we consider it proper courtesy.
(ID #322608) Posted on 2008/10/04 09:54
Washing milk containers around here isn't by law, but it is encouraged and there are several ad campaigns that encourage us to do so.
(ID #322620) Posted on 2008/10/04 10:05
Student & Part time worker in a Day Care
Not in NY you don't.
(ID #322665) Posted on 2008/10/04 10:58
Troubleshooter, Universal Exports
It wasn't required where I lived in Florida. I did wash out bottles and cans. It kept the smell down and the bugs out of the bin.
(ID #322671) Posted on 2008/10/04 11:12
TK-8316 / 宅男 Otaku / 工程师 Engineer
over here, most citizens has no habit nor is enthusiastic about recycling. they treat recycling bins like rubbish bins. sad. :-( Pic: http://gordonator.com/2008/02/11/singapore-recycling-part-2/
(ID #322704) Posted on 2008/10/04 11:52
I washed some of the soda cans before selling them to recycle store because they smell pretty bad. But I'm glad we are not required to wash milk cartons here. I stayed with my friend in Japan one time at his place and it was hard for me since I could not carelessly throw trashes since he had to seperate moeru gomi and what not.
(ID #322771) Posted on 2008/10/04 13:51
I actually would like for a system like the Japanese one in the US. We have so much space yes, but we're a ton of people who LOVE to eat. It wouldn't be a bad idea to try to implement a recycling system to salvage some re-usable material. Then again here we're lazy as hell, doubt most people will like this idea.
(ID #322830) Posted on 2008/10/04 15:09
Student
We don't do it here, lol, and I never knew that.
(ID #322866) Posted on 2008/10/04 16:12
Ninja / Engineer / Time Traveler / Sensei
We are supposed to wash our tin cans and stuff like that before throwing them whenever too. So I guess it isn't just you. We even have to make sure not to through away anything biodegradable into the regular trash can. By that, I mean things such as egg-shells and banana peels, which are supposed to be put into the green waste bin. I found that weird because isn't green waste mainly just leaves and such? I thought it was, unless the I haven't been keeping up with my trash knowledge. @_@
(ID #322902) Posted on 2008/10/04 16:48
I thought waxed paper and food-contaminated paper couldn't be recycled? I thought they trash those at the recycling plant?
(ID #322952) Posted on 2008/10/04 17:58
Programmer Trainee
Nope. But that would make the garbage smell less horrible if we did
(ID #322992) Posted on 2008/10/04 19:18
Mechanical Engineering student
We wash those plastic beverage containers first before we sell them to the junkman that goes around the village buying recyclable stuff from people. It leaves more room for more garbage in the garbage bag AND it helps the environment x_x
(ID #323115) Posted on 2008/10/04 23:13
Undergraduate Student
The place where i am staying now (which is part of Tokyo and the other part is Kanagawa) required us to actually do the same thing even though we paid the taxes monthly... If we do not wash it, God, they place the garbage BACK in front of the door of my house!!!
(ID #323206) Posted on 2008/10/05 02:06
Burn it, burn it all. heat water with it, and power a turbine. then collect the fumes somewhere.
(ID #323251) Posted on 2008/10/05 03:21
student
Wow... we don't have to do that. Just flatten it.
(ID #323756) Posted on 2008/10/05 15:17
Saving water is more important here.
(ID #323816) Posted on 2008/10/05 17:32
Hmm, if I wash my paper cartons, I have to throw them to paper bin for recycling. But if I don't wash it, then I have to throw it to the bin were the general trash is.
(ID #324208) Posted on 2008/10/06 03:54
Not sure if we have to..but we generally just rinse things out before tossing it into the recycling bin.. I think it's just a habit carried over from HK, cause if you didn't do that in HK then the residual stuff in the cans & whatnot will attract ants and bugs.. :o
(ID #324727) Posted on 2008/10/06 15:46
In Germany we got the dual system around 15 years ago. It is really useful but some communities don't take enough care in separating trash so those groups loose those bins. Here in Japan it took me some time to get used to keeping the trash inside your house unless you live in a bigger mansion. I try to clean it as much as possible to avoid pesky insects.
(ID #324902) Posted on 2008/10/06 20:16
radical anime fan in Singapore; starting to freeze up. Mmm, end-of-year weather. (登録日: 2007/01/25 22:08)
Polytechnic Freshman. Mmm... fresh.
Just like washing soda cans before they go into the recycle, yeah?
(ID #325143) Posted on 2008/10/07 01:57
Yep Zephi's right it's not really a big must around here but if you wanna avoid being splashed with bin juice you might consider it...he he actually you could do the opposite of what i said it would make for an interesting picture post :)
(ID #325718) Posted on 2008/10/07 12:12
I assume this is so that recycling can happen?? I hope so! There are quite good recycling schemes in the UK, I just wish everyone would take it to the next level. In my work environment (printing) we are trying to be a green company so we recycle everything we can including our rubbish.
(ID #326264) Posted on 2008/10/07 20:39
Here in mexico recycling didnt even exist at least at this city all the garbage go to the same place and somethimes they burn it, so the sole idea of wash the garbage here is like from another planet.
(ID #327188) Posted on 2008/10/08 16:58
Japan always gave me the impression of being very well organized with anything
(ID #328382) Posted on 2008/10/09 14:51
We are required to wash them here before we take them to recycle depot but most people don't bother because they are lazy
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