cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/environment@sh.itjust.works/p/2204459/free-to-dispose-of-if-sorted-paid-if-not-norways-recycling-model
I visited a landfill in Norway today. Almost everything is sorted, and properly sorted waste can be disposed of free of charge. Unsorted residual waste costs money to throw away.
I think it’s an effective incentive system. Does your country or municipality do something similar?
you can only go 24 times a year
Sounds like Belgium.
I lived there some years ago, and they have a limit like that (not sure how many times a year) but most annoyingly, a 1m³ limit per trip. I used to sort my trash in 8 large bins, and would only go to the recycler when a good number of them were full: the idiots would turn me away each and every time, despite my single "big load" trip being more efficient than multiple small ones. And they were exceedingly aggressive too 🙁
And yeah, same results: people would dump their shit on the road out of the recycling center...