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Originally Posted by Animewatcher
Thanks samurai007 and Nyororin  . These are great. It made me think of something I've noticed on many threads. Recycling seems to be a growing concept in Japan. How hard core are people in Japan about taking care of their environment? I live in a place that is not by any means recycling friendly. So, is it easy to recycle there? |
Sort of... on the one hand, fairly often there are recycling bins for cans next to vending machines, so that if you stand there and drink your drink, you can then recycle the can. I did try to do that whenever possible.
On the other hand, recycling at home was much more difficult, at least for me. Our apartment had 1 place where all recycled goods went. You were supposed to take the appropriate good for that day out to the spot either the night before or that morning. You were not supposed to just leave it there as you got it, because a) it would be unsightly because the spot was right in front of the building in the parking lot, next to a power pole, and b) you were only supposed to have glass there on glass pick-up day, cans on can pick-up day, paper on paper pick-up day, etc. I could never remember what day was what, and after accidentally leaving some bottles out on the wrong day and being yelled at for it, I pretty much just said "screw it" and threw it all in the garbage.