When we arrived in Italy the first thing we were shown in our apartment was the trash bags. Italy has a system of recycling that I have never seen before. It is quite tricky at first. Yet after awhile I wonder why we don't do this in the U.S.
Okay so they have this nifty chart that lists how you are supposed to throw things away and then you have to coordinate the type of trash with the color and type of bag.
Okay are you confused? Yes so were we.
It has gotten quite funny though as you stand in front of the 6 different containers and wonder where do you throw away a band aid. We have had several times where we have voted where things should go.
Also you get fined if they find you are putting the trash in the wrong place and you can only have one bag a week. Well we have 6 of us and so we are trying to figure out how to manage this. We thought we would try to put some in our neighbors various trash cans (It is just one man living next door), but when we went to check our can was already half full before we put anything in it.
You see our neighbors (other random people) had already thought of this. We laughed and then wondered how we would manage such a task as garbage. I think the idea to separate out the trash and recycle is a great idea, but maybe a policy that is in place for bigger families (maybe they already have this and I just don't know about it yet.) I know Italians have this down and it is like second nature for them, perhaps we will have it become second nature to us as well.
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