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?
Title applies in Taipei, Taiwan.
Funny details: Mixed waste requires prepaid bags with an official stamp. In many buildings, there are no big bins (because they'd stink and feed rats and cockroaches), but instead you listen to a jingle that garbage trucks play (or just follow their schedule), and you race your sorted wastes there. It's a weekly neighbourhood meeting. Biobags are unnecessary because the workers on the truck empty your various plastic pouches into the appropriate bins. Food waste is processed into pig fodder.
https://communitycenter.org.tw/guide-to-garbage-collection-and-recycling-in-taipei/