[StangGuy]

I never thought about it before I spent time in Japan but the lengths to sorting the garbage that Japanese go through really suprised me compared to what is done in the US. To contrast that even more, pre-sorting garbage and recycleables isn't even neccesary. Most of the garbage companies in the US have sorting operations at their facilities. Before your garbage goes to the landfill the company will sort out the recycleables so they don't waste landfill space. Even the recycling bins have been simplified from having to sort them out in seperate bins, to now placing all of your recycleables in one bin.