Finland recycles 99% of its municipal solid waste, with only 1% going to landfills.

Finland is a model for environmental waste management due to its high standards and thorough garbage sorting.

The Netherlands uses a hierarchy of values for waste reduction and technology like infrared scanning for automatic waste sorting.

Austria, Belgium, and several other countries have exemplary waste sorting and recycling systems, thanks to effective government policies and regulations.

The EU aims to recycle 55-65% of municipal waste by 2025-2035 and limit landfill waste to 10% or less by 2035.

South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan have implemented effective waste management systems, introducing waste levies in 1995, 1996, and 2000, respectively.

South Korea and Taiwan have implemented measures like paid garbage bags and regular recycling collection to manage waste.

Volume charging is used in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan to apply the "polluter pays" principle.

Sweden, Norway, and Japan have effective waste management systems due to controlled garbage and recycling processes and policies that promote waste sorting and recycling.

Education plays a crucial role in Japan's waste recycling system, with effective garbage sorting practices in place since 1980.

Government plays a crucial role in promoting waste sorting and recycling through laws and regulations, as seen in Finland and Amsterdam.

Ukraine is adopting Finland's waste management experience, introducing separate waste collection in 1725 settlements to increase its recycling rate.

Finland and Amsterdam can serve as models for improving waste sorting and recycling practices globally.

US counties like Tioga, Clinton, and Arlington have implemented waste management programs, including recycling education and food scraps collection.

Successful waste management requires a multi-faceted approach, as seen in countries like Finland, Amsterdam, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan.

Finland recycles 99% of its municipal solid waste, with only 1% going to landfills.

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Content: Ukraine will deepen cooperation with Finland in the direction of household waste management.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Regional Development, this was announced by the Minister of Communities and Territories Alexey Chernyshov during a meeting with the Ambassador of the Republic of Finland to Ukraine Päivi Laine.
It is noted that in Finland, only 1% of waste ends up in landfills, the vast majority is recycled.
This is the result of the interaction of the central and local authorities, as well as the awareness of citizens
Ukraine is also planning to adopt this experience.
“Finland is a country that demonstrates high standards of environmental waste management.
Almost all the citizens of this country sort the garbage.
As a result, 99% of household waste is recycled.
This experience will be useful for Ukraine.
So, a similar process is already underway in hromadas - in 1725 settlements of our state, a separate collection of household waste has been introduced.
But it is necessary to scale this direction and introduce useful practices of international partners in the country, "Chernyshov said.
Read alsoIn the Odessa region on the Danube, the dam is destroyed - under it meter voids In the press service reminded that thanks to the implementation of separate collection of garbage in 2020, about 6.3% of household waste was recycled and disposed of in Ukraine.
In turn, Laine noted that Finland is ready to share experience and help Ukrainian communities to implement waste processing projects.
“We also have companies that recycle waste into energy.
In such a comprehensive way, we improve the ecology of our country, ” she added.
Waste recycling in Ukraine
As UNIAN reported, in July 2020, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted in the first reading the draft law No. 2207-1-d “On waste management ”.
The document establishes the procedure for the collection, removal and treatment of waste, ensures the introduction of their separate collection and recycling, provides for the requirements for the quality of the provision of waste management services and the charging of fees for such a service.

Finland is a model for environmental waste management due to its high standards and thorough garbage sorting.

The Netherlands uses a hierarchy of values for waste reduction and technology like infrared scanning for automatic waste sorting.

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New approaches to waste management developed in Almaty
New approaches to waste management have been developed in Almaty.
In the metropolis already conduct a separate collection of solid household waste.
BaigeNews.kz learned about the prospects of separate garbage collection and the goals of the Almaty authorities for waste management.
In Almaty, there are more and more people who consciously approach the emission of household waste, sort waste for further processing and even carry waste from cardboard, paper and plastic to special reception points.
Conscious citizens admit that when properly sorted, a bag of recyclable waste is most often larger than a bag of other waste that cannot yet be recycled in the country.
For example, today in Kazakhstan do not recycle tetrapacks, and they still go to the basket with non-recyclable garbage.
The Akimat of Almaty supports such initiatives in every possible way and has already put more than a thousand special containers on the sites in the yards next to ordinary tanks.
In appearance, they look like an iron mesh box, and here residents can put such waste that is already processed in the city - plastic, paper (waste paper), glass, metal, cellophane and rags.
In the near future, there will be another 454 such containers in the city.
In addition, Almaty residents have access to 37 waste collection points that can be recycled.
In particular, one of the plants in Almaty produces polyethylene granules and stretch film from secondary raw materials.
At the waste sorting complex in Almaty, everything that can be recycled is taken away and sent to production.
Now 13 organizations are cooperating with this complex to process the selected recyclables.
The remaining waste is removed for burial, taking into account the norms of environmental legislation, to the landfill located in the village of Aytey, Karaysai district, Almaty region.
According to the statistics of the akimat of Almaty, more than 1200 tons of solid household waste are processed in the metropolis per day, of which 17% are processed.
Ecologist Mels Eleusizov believes that landfills in the Almaty region and the whole country should be closed and reclaimed so as not to be a “time bomb ” for the ecology and health of the inhabitants of Kazakhstan.
And sorting household waste of the population, he proposes to carry out in the yards manually.
"Today Almaty" produces "waste containing about 40 types of materials that can be recycled.
I have long proposed to organize sorting points on garbage sites so that employees manually sort waste and then in this form would be sent for processing.
This would provide not only smart waste management, but also new jobs, ” says Mels Eleusizov.
In developed European countries, landfills have been forgotten for a long time.
Here, at the state level, a hierarchy of values in relation to waste is built.
The main principle is to reduce the volume of "production" of garbage.
Those waste that still remain, sort and only what is already impossible to recycle, safely burned, getting energy used in the city.
At a special waste sorting plant in the capital of the Netherlands - Amsterdam bring all the waste of citizens and enterprises.
Here, with the help of a new technology - infrared scanning, waste is automatically taken from a huge pile that can be recycled.
Suitable as a secondary raw material waste is sent with a pressed form for processing to other enterprises.
The rest of the waste will have to be burned here to get steam and send it to heat houses and heat hot water, as well as generate electricity.
Burning garbage occurs in compliance with all environmental standards, measurements are 24 / 7, and if the excess of safe concentrations of harmful substances is recorded, the entire complex is immediately stopped.
What comes out of the pipe, according to experts, you can breathe, in the Netherlands and the EU very strict requirements for emissions.
The remaining ash is not buried, but is completely used for asphalt production, another sludge is sent for burial in special underground mines in neighboring Germany.
Speaking about sorting garbage, employees of the waste sorting plant in Amsterdam (AEB) say that residents of apartment buildings in megacities, even in Europe, can not sort all the garbage, so in Amsterdam, residents throw away only plastic, paper (waste paper) separately.
All the rest of the garbage will be sorted out by the automatic garbage sorting system at the garbage sorting plant.
“There is an opinion that if people at home sort the garbage, then you can get more recyclables for recycling.
But we have seen in practice that new technologies make it possible to sort garbage collected in a heap at a factory even better than if people in apartment buildings sorted 100 percent of their waste.
But in private houses in Amsterdam, the tenants themselves completely sort the waste, and he does not even go to our garbage sorting complex, but goes straight to processing.
In principle, there are very few landfills for waste disposal in the country, and none of them are currently used for disposal of waste from households.
There are several mines for the disposal of waste such as ash, but their negligible amount, ” said the manager of the waste sorting plant Amsterdam (AEB) Cohen Bytink.
Almaty and Almaty region jointly plan to adopt best practices.
Similar to the Amsterdam garbage sorting complex is promised to be built on the existing garbage sorting complex in the Ili district.
In the next few years, they will not only select waste for usable and not recyclable, but also get biogas from them.
The expected capacity of the plant is 120 thousand tons per year, and the construction will be carried out by a Kazakh-Spanish company.
In addition, the city is beginning to collect food waste, and they are also promised to use it for the production of biogas, and this is in line with the plans of Amsterdam, where they do not yet do anything with food waste, and also, as in Almaty, they plan to produce biogas from them.
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Austria, Belgium, and several other countries have exemplary waste sorting and recycling systems, thanks to effective government policies and regulations.

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Content: Circular Economy : 18 EU Member States at risk of missing waste targets

Which countries are at risk of missing the 2025 targets for preparing for re-use and recycling of municipal and all packaging waste and the 2035 landfill target? The European Commission answered this question in a recently published early warning report. But first the good news. Nine Member States are on track to meet the 2025 targets: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Slovenia.

And just as a reminder, these are the targets set out in the Waste Framework Directive and the Directive on packaging and packaging waste we are talking about:

  • 55% recycling and preparing for reuse of municipal waste;
  • 65% recycling for total packaging waste;
  • and material-specific packaging waste recycling targets (75% for paper and cardboard, 70% for glass, 70% for ferrous metals packaging, 50% for aluminium, 50% for plastic and 25% for wood).

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Bad news for some countries

And now the bad news: 18 Member States are at serious risk of missing one or both of the 2025 targets.

Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Latvia, Portugal, Spain and Sweden are at risk of missing the municipal waste target.

Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania and Slovakia are at risk of missing both the municipal waste and the total packaging waste targets for 2025.

In addition, some countries continue to landfill most of their municipal waste and are likely to miss the 2035 landfill target. The Commission is making recommendations to these Member States, building on the ongoing financial and technical support provided to improve waste management performance. These recommendations cover a wide range of actions: reducing non-recyclable waste, increasing re-use, promoting separate collection, developing treatment capacity for sorting and recycling, improving governance, using economic instruments and raising awareness.

"Implementing waste reduction and recycling measures on the ground is key for our circular economy transition. Turning waste into resources helps us on the way to climate neutrality, increases the security of supply of energy and raw materials, and creates local jobs and innovation opportunities. The early warning report allows us, in close cooperation with the Member States, to detect shortcomings, take action ahead of the deadlines for meeting the targets, and share best practices in sound waste management," said Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries

Waste generation on the rise

On average, Europeans generate 530 kg of municipal waste per person per year (waste from households and similar waste from businesses). Although it is increasingly recycled and less landfilled, municipal waste (MSW) is still one of the most complex waste streams to manage. In the EU, about 50% of MSW is recycled or composted and 23% is landfilled. The amount of packaging waste generated is constantly increasing. Between 2013 and 2020, the amount of packaging waste generated in the EU will increase by 15% to almost 80 million tonnes. Around 64% of packaging waste is now recycled, although this varies by material. More than 75% of paper, cardboard and metal packaging is recycled, but less than 40% of plastic packaging - a problem in most EU countries, many of which are at risk of missing the material-specific target for plastic packaging waste recycling.

The early warning report allows us, in close cooperation with the Member States, to detect shortcomings, take action ahead of the deadlines for meeting the targets, and share best practices in sound waste management.
Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries

Significant differences between Member States

Looking at the report, one thing is clear: There are considerable differences in waste management performance across the EU. Some countries still have a long way to go to meet the targets agreed in EU legislation and further reforms are needed, in particular to ensure the treatment of biowaste, which accounts for a third of municipal waste, to ensure separate collection of waste - a prerequisite for recycling - and to improve data quality. However, most EU countries have introduced or are in the process of introducing waste reforms to improve recycling rates, some of which are expected to bear fruit in the coming years.

The results were also influenced by external factors, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which reduced or stopped separate collection in some countries. The recent rise in energy prices is also having a negative impact on recycling activities.

The early warning report builds on the Environmental Implementation Review, which had already identified problems with the implementation of EU waste legislation. In particular, almost 2000 illegal or substandard landfills are still operating in the EU, representing a significant source of pollution and greenhouse gases and a missed opportunity for the recovery of secondary raw materials.

The EU aims to recycle 55-65% of municipal waste by 2025-2035 and limit landfill waste to 10% or less by 2035.

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Waste Collection Vehicle Market Size, Share Report by Loader Type, Vehicle Propulsion: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2022-2032

NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE, UNITED STATES, January 29, 2024 /EINPresswire / -- Waste collection vehicle, also known as garbage collection vehicle, dustbin lorry, bin van, bin lorry, trash truck, is used to collect garbage from various places in the city and dump/transport it to a landfill or a waste management center. This vehicle may differ in size and design country to country, as this is available with separate covered compartments for dry and wet garbage. Some of these vehicles are equipped with hydraulic systems for lifting and dumping the trash in the landfill or at the garbage collection center.

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Increasing amount of waste driven by increasing population and urbanization, growing focus towards effective waste management are some factors expected to drive the global waste collection vehicle market during the forecast period. According to The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, India, per capita waste generation ranges between 0.2 Kg to 0.6 Kg per day in cities with population ranging from 1.0 lakh to 50 lakh. Furthermore, the integrated solid waste management system is also used on a large scale globally. It is basically defined as a strategic method for management of solid wastes, that covers all sources and aspects, covers generation, separation, transfer, sorting, treatment, recovery, and dumping in a prescribed manner.

In addition, the government initiatives towards clean environment are also propelling the demand for waste collection vehicles globally. For instance, EU countries have decided to recycle at least 55% of its municipal waste by 2025, 60% by 2030, and 65% by 2035. These countries also decided to manage the landfill issues by reducing it to 10% or less by 2035. However, slow and no adoption in underdeveloped countries and high capital investment is expected to hinder the market growth during the forecast period.

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With the increasing demand for waste collection and management, the vehicle manufacturers are investing in new-age technologies such as vehicle tracking, IoT, radio-frequency identification to ease the waste collection process. Technoton, European advanced machinery telematics provider, offers garbage truck monitoring system that monitors the garbage level in the vehicle and track locations for garbage loading and unloading. It also helps to control unauthorized dumping of garbage.

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By loader type: The waste collection vehicle market is categorized by loader type; front loaders, rear loaders, automated side loaders, and others. Front loader vehicles are equipped with hydraulic forks on the front to lift up the garbage bin by using slots on the sides. Rear loaders can be used for any kind of collection whether it is garbage, soil and others. The automated side loaders are mainly used for residential routes. An automated arm is controlled by driver from inside the truck. The arm grabs the trash and dumps it in the truck.
By technology: The waste collection vehicle market is segmented by technology; manual and automated.
By vehicle type: The waste collection vehicle market is divided by vehicle type; light duty vehicles, medium duty vehicles, and heavy duty vehicles. The demand for medium duty vehicles is growing constantly due to increased usage of trucks for delivery, pick-up, small dump, and lighter garbage collection applications. These trucks are gaining momentum due to their short turning radius of around 10-15 meter and greater visibility.
By vehicle propulsion: The waste collection vehicle market is categorized by vehicle propulsion; internal combustion engine (ICE) and electric. ICE vehicles are equipped with heat engines. It sometimes also known as gas powered vehicles. Electric vehicles are either partially or fully powered on electric power.
By end-use: The waste collection vehicle market is categorized by; municipal, industrial, and others.

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Asia-Pacific has a considerable market share in waste collection vehicle market, due to increasing population and urbanization. According to World Bank, East AsiaPacific is expected to generate 602 million tons of waste per year by 2030, followed by South Asia with 466 million tons waste per year. However, Middle East and Africa is expected to be the fastest growing region in terms of waste generation due to increasing industrialization and tourist's footprint. Thus, the industry players are striving to expand their business in these markets to capture large pie of the market. For instance, in 2021, Terberg RosRoca Vehicle Manufacturing Company inaugurated a modern manufacturing facility in Dubai industrial city. It is aimed at providing products and services in UAE along with support operations in adjacent GCC countries.

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Competitive analysis and profiles of the major players in the waste collection vehicle market such as AMA S.P.A., EcoZeta S.R.L., EnviornmentalSolutionsGroup, Fratelli Mazzocchia S.P.A., and others.

Companies are focusing on merger & acquisitions and establishment of new manufacturing facilities to expand their market reach. For instance, in April 2022, Heil Environmental acquired Canada-based Boivin Evolution Inc., which specializes in designing and manufacturing all types of all-electric refuse collection bodies, to enter the fully electric automated side loader market.

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South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan have implemented effective waste management systems, introducing waste levies in 1995, 1996, and 2000, respectively.

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Content: Hong Kong ’ s slow progress in environmental governance – why not look at the Greater Bay Area and the world?
Author: Liu Mengting
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In 2005, the SAR Government proposed to develop a recycling economy, that is, to reduce the environmental burden by repairing, recycling and extending the service life of materials, to find a way out for recycling recyclable materials, and to promote the development of related industries and promote economic diversification.
However, more than a decade later, Hong Kong ’ s circular economy has not made much progress.
In this regard, some scholars suggest leveraging the advantages of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
At the same time, Hong Kong ’ s waste management policy is not yet climate, and we must match the experience of “top students ” such as Korea, Taiwan and Singapore.
Circular Economy Enemies the Greater Bay Area
Professor Patrick Poon, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, has been developing a patented technology for converting waste glass into environmentally friendly bricks since the 1990s, with a view to improving the recycling efficiency of waste glass.
Green brick is a kind of concrete brick, can effectively use construction waste and waste glass, the third generation of green brick has been put into the market as paving brick.
For more than 20 years, the technology has been optimized by scholars to the fifth generation, but it is still “technology without market ”.
In an interview with "Hong Kong 01" recently, Poon mentioned the two main reasons why the development of the local green brick industry is hindered, which is also the dilemma faced by Hong Kong's circular economy.
Pan Chih-sheng says that the research on green bricks has been successful, but the price is not competitive. (photo by O'Cara)
One of the main reasons is that local manufacturing has caused the high enterprise products to lose market advantage. Poon analysis, because the whole production process of environmentally friendly bricks produced in Hong Kong is completed in Hong Kong, and the land price and labor in Hong Kong are very high, and the price has also risen with the water. It is necessary to open up the market to achieve maximum trade liberalization, so the possibility of contractors choosing Hong Kong materials for profit considerations is very low.
On the other hand, the Hong Kong government has not introduced relevant policies to require the actual use of environmentally friendly materials, in the absence of just the premise, the market share of environmentally friendly bricks is unstable, and the current use of the third generation of environmentally friendly bricks is about 20% more expensive than natural sand bricks, so the project side may not consider the use of environmentally friendly bricks.
Another major obstacle is that the government did not help. Pan Zhisheng pointed out that environmental protection bricks are made of recycled materials, although the quality and performance of the bricks are not lost to natural sand and stone, but the quality difference is greater.
However, according to the existing government regulations, the two are regarded as the same, that is, the quality of environmentally friendly materials is too high, but it may still be regarded as unqualified due to the degree of quality difference. This single regulation is a constraint for the application of environmentally friendly bricks. If the outlook does not improve, it will be more difficult to attract investors.
Under such a vicious cycle, the government has no intention to invest or give support, and the environmental protection brick industry chain has become a dead end.
The recycling rate of local waste in Hong Kong is low, and exports are facing many restrictions.
In an interview with Hong Kong 01, Wong Woon-chung, director of the Johan Centre for Applied Forestry Research in the Pearl River Delta (PRD), Hong Kong Baptist University, pointed out that the land resources in Hong Kong are tight, such as the opening of a recycling plant for recycled materials will double the cost.
Mr Wong stressed that the circular economy requires complementary advantages from different regions. There is no way out if the development vision is limited to Hong Kong. (photo by Mr Cheng Tze-feng)
Waste management in Hong Kong is inefficient and should be seen around the world
South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan implemented waste levies in 1995, 1996 and 2000 respectively. Since then, they have gradually developed comprehensive and mature environmental policies with local characteristics.
Hong Kong's waste management system has been fragmented for many years, and it is time to look at the world and learn from advanced experience and thinking.
Hong Kong ’ s waste management policy has not been good for many years, and the climate should be on par with other regions. (Photo by Tsai Cheng-pong)
Korea has introduced waste utilization measures in a multi-pronged manner to achieve long-term management, so the Korean waste management system is at the forefront of Asia.
For example, the city of Seoul, which has achieved the most remarkable results, introduced a series of supporting measures in a few years to change the entire waste treatment model, public perception of waste and living habits after the implementation of the garbage levy system in 1995.
In contrast, the Hong Kong Government is always "discussing" with the industry and "considering" the initiatives of environmental protection groups.
Taiwan is also a leader in waste management in Asia.
The Taiwan government sent a special cleaning team to collect household waste from residents using two types of recycling trucks – yellow garbage trucks are used to collect general waste from residents using official garbage bags, and white garbage trucks are used to collect raw and cooked food waste, plastic and other recyclable resources.
As early as 1997, the Taiwan Environmental Protection Agency launched the "Resource Recovery 4-in-1 Program", which fully mobilized the role of the government, manufacturers, consumers and licensed recycling enterprises in waste management, not only to skillfully distribute the financial costs, but also to reflect the principle of impartiality.
Singapore has a small population, similar to Hong Kong, but the waste recycling work is more professional and centralized.
In Singapore, three waste management enterprises are licensed by the National Environment Agency (NEA) to provide waste collection and recycling services to residents in different parts of the country. The waste is meticulously classified into paper, plastic, glass and metal, and the garden waste is collected separately.
In the recycling process, incineration plants reduce the volume of waste by 90%, and then use 3% of non-incineration and non-recyclable waste to landfill to reduce the environmental burden.
According to statistics, Singapore ’ s solid waste recycling rate reached 51.7% in 2020, a model that Hong Kong can learn from.
As for the administrative efficiency of the Mainland, it is also worth reflecting on the Hong Kong government. In July 2019, Shanghai implemented what has been described as the “world ’ s most stringent ” waste separation measure.
First of all, its domestic waste is strictly divided into four categories, namely recyclables, hazardous waste, wet waste and dry waste; secondly, if individuals or units do not dispose of garbage in accordance with the classification, they will be punished with severe high fines.
Under the mandatory implementation of the government, Shanghai residents have achieved good environmental protection results after experiencing "pain".
The Garbage Levy Ordinance has already been introduced, but the Government must not be complacent about it, but must think about how to tie in with the Ordinance in the next step, and adopt a systematic and comprehensive thinking to achieve long-term waste management.
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South Korea and Taiwan have implemented measures like paid garbage bags and regular recycling collection to manage waste.

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Content: Bauhinia Party ｜ The Dilemma and Countermeasures of Hong Kong ’ s Waste Management System
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Author ： Shi Lei
The author believes that many of the current garbage collection disputes have been implemented to the feasibility level, in fact, are related to the inadequacy of the behavior system of residential areas to place garbage, and some of the shortcomings have not been collected garbage bags to make up for.
Its shortcomings mainly include: almost all residents of the garbage can be carried out 24 hours (such as a fixed garbage room and a long "business hours"), each residents of the garbage room often let the residents put garbage into (super) large garbage bins, and each garbage room corresponding to the number of residents, resulting in if there is a "black sheep" do not buy a levy garbage bag to throw garbage, they can walk without obstruction.
Property companies or FEHD contractors may have to wait for a long time before they find a "bad horse" in the process of comprehensive garbage disposal, but at this time it is difficult to claim responsibility, which leads to the "polluter pays" principle in fact is empty words.
The recent Jordan fire has also reminded all walks of life in Hong Kong that there are a large number of "trivial" old tenements in the most prosperous city center in Hong Kong, with chaotic personnel, lack of property services, and unethical behavior, resulting in a large number of public safety risks.
In these places, even property fees are difficult to ensure that the tenants pay in full, and how can the executive power to ensure the implementation of the levy garbage bag system? If the measures to effectively and timely remove the "black sheep" from the institutional level can not be designed, and the implementation level will be discounted for various "objective reasons", then it will form the behavior of "bad money driven away from good money".
Soon, no one will follow the requirements of the levy garbage bag system to do, and the criticism is rife, may the next government will abolish the annoying garbage collection system as a "moral government".
Refer to the garbage disposal policies of representative regions of the world, you can see that their garbage classification, collection of garbage bags and other systems are "devil in the details", often in the geographical environment, the unwritten rules of behavior in the residential community, and institutional protection, etc., to ensure that timely detection, isolation and failure to classify, pack and dispose of garbage according to the system requirements, and minimize the possibility of "black sheep".
For example, in the European Union, Belgium, where I lived, they have long promoted charging garbage bags.
Similar to Japan, Korea and Taiwan, residents have a fixed time to throw garbage (usually early in the morning on certain days), and garbage bags containing garbage should be placed in designated places.
It can be imagined that there is no requirement for garbage bags to be filled with garbage, but the specified bags are filled with garbage that should not be loaded or excessive garbage will be rejected.
The main way of living in the city of Leuven, where the author was at the time, was a single building or an apartment building (but the floor is usually no more than 10 floors, and the residents do not exceed 50 households). Once the garbage bags are found to be not in compliance with the regulations, whether it is the city government or the apartment manager, the difficulty of tracing is not great, and the surrounding residents will actively cooperate.
For example, Japan, Korea and Taiwan are using garbage levies to regulate the classification of citizens and reduce waste. The above areas must use the volume charge, through the use of garbage charging plastic bags to implement polluter pays.
In addition to requiring residents to place garbage (in the correct bag) in the designated location at the specified time, Japanese and Korean garbage bags are more meticulous in sorting.
For example, Japan, which is more familiar to Hong Kong people, requires transparent bags (not limited to specific models but must be transparent, can be tied) to quickly confirm that the garbage classification is correct, and the bag is combustible garbage, plastic, metal cans, etc., or non-recyclable and non-combustible waste.
Recyclable waste paper, etc., does not need to buy a separate garbage bag, but needs to be properly wrapped. Although Japan has a much higher density of living than EU countries, neighbors will pay more attention to not sorting garbage and will not delay the action.
South Korea's recycling rate is also more than 50%, the main reason is the strict classification of garbage bags, different from a kind of paid garbage bags in Hong Kong, South Korea is a variety of paid garbage bags, and each garbage bag can only contain one kind of material, and according to the difficulty of recycling to determine the price of garbage bags, the more difficult the recovery, the higher the price of garbage bags.
As a result, South Korea ’ s recovery rate is higher.
As for the Taiwan region, in addition to adopting a regular garbage collection mode similar to Japan, in the area where there are no conditions to set up a garbage room, there is a garbage truck and recycling truck every night, and the song of the snow truck comes to the small area.
This requirement is even higher, and residents need to actively show up at a specific time, so recycling workers can more accurately and timely eliminate the "black sheep" that do not pack garbage according to regulations, and therefore refuse to accept or take other measures.
It is worth pointing out that I have only visited Japan, Korea and Taiwan on short trips, and only stayed in commercial hotels.
Therefore, details such as the garbage system in residential areas are indirectly obtained through online KOL sharing, live scene dramas and other channels.
Please note that there are errors.
From this, it can be seen that the problems existing in Hong Kong's current waste management system and the waste management experience of advanced regions abroad have produced the following suggestions that deserve serious consideration and reference by the Hong Kong Government and relevant departments:
1. Improve the behavior system of residents throwing garbage.
First of all, the public garbage room and the garbage disposal place in the residential area should no longer be allowed to throw garbage 7x24 hours.
To consider formulating standards, such as limited delivery time and designated delivery points, for the reference of the entire Hong Kong property management industry, the FEHD will implement them to prevent the "black sheep" from evading garbage bag charges.
2. Strengthen the management of "no matter" areas, standardize the premises and methods of refuse collection in areas where property services are lacking, and ensure that the refuse charging system can be effectively implemented even in these problem areas.
3, with reference to the practices of Japan, Korea, Taiwan and other places, after the successful implementation of the garbage collection system, it continues to optimize, the implementation of more detailed garbage classification management, according to different materials and recycling difficulties to carry out differentiated charges.
This will increase the willingness of the environmental protection industry to handle high-difficulty waste, while increasing the residents ’ enthusiasm for sorting and waste reduction.
Critics may think that the institutional construction of these areas requires a long period of time and a large amount of resources to invest, and may not be able to be directly replicated in the real environment of Hong Kong.
Moreover, the improvement of the relevant system requires no small investment of resources.
Perhaps this is precisely the original intention of the SAR Government to levy a "short and fast" garbage levy.
However, it is already clear that the "short and fast" has only attracted doubts, and even if it is forced to push forward, it will also be at the expense of the government's recognition.
Moreover, the "black sheep" can not be effectively eradicated in a timely manner, which will inevitably make the garbage collection system become "half suspended". Only a few able and willing citizens are willing to do so (such as cooperating with "green in the area", and working hard even in the hot sun at the recycling point to deliver their own recyclable plastic waste to the recycling point of respectable citizens). Go your own way, the system cost has been paid a lot, and the problem to be solved by the garbage levy is still the same.
No matter what kind of solution is adopted, the government will need some time to refine the design of the refuse collection system and promote it more vigorously.
The implementation of the principle of garbage collection in the European Union, Japan and Korea, and Taiwan is not completed in three or two months.
Garbage collection needs the long-term cooperation of residents, change the long-term behavior habits can be completed in a few months?
How can this be called good governance and good governance? If you cook for the government, you can't be anxious and work hard for the government for a long time, you can only make a well-intentioned system truly have the positive meaning it should have.
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Volume charging is used in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan to apply the "polluter pays" principle.

Sweden, Norway, and Japan have effective waste management systems due to controlled garbage and recycling processes and policies that promote waste sorting and recycling.

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Content: Loosening the grip of the state is not so bad!
The divine state produced by the secular system, which controls all the details of the lives of its citizens, is at its best, creating paths for the movement of society, for thinking, for creativity, for collective action, if we are talking about its advanced Western applications, but what is happening in the Middle East, is nothing more than distorted secular states, with suspicious paths, and perhaps fatal if you think they are just paths, not ready-made templates. One is the stable, captive citizen.
I've always wondered what it would be like to have so many African migrants gathered there day and night, sorting, sorting and sharing garbage bags and the waste of houses, shops and workshops, and leaping gracefully into the trunk of every car hoping to get the most recyclable waste out of it.
Garbage recycling has become a very developed industry, representing a good income for the countries of the first world, in addition to solving environmental problems, do you imagine that countries such as Sweden and Norway have come to import garbage from neighboring countries, after they succeeded in turning it into a source of energy?
This is a good example of countries that control even the garbage of their citizens, and do not allow them to act on it randomly, the situation descends as you move away from the countries of the developed world, to reach the countries whose biggest achievements is stacking their garbage away from the sidewalks, shops and gardens, to make high mountains; in the hope that the lives of their officials will end before the population expansion creeps to the mountain rackets of garbage. The rubbish is dead, full of stinging insects, it tickles your skin whenever the wind moves, and the population explosion has thrown you south or north of the rubbish mountains.
In one of our large landfills, I have always wondered about the usefulness of this large group of African migrants who gather in it day and night, sorting, sorting and sharing garbage bags and the waste of houses, shops and workshops, and leaping gracefully into the trunk of each car hoping to get the most amount of recyclable waste. These tracks have markets and systems, which are already outside the scope of the state tracks, as scrap collectors have grown on both sides of the road.
And now you see the recycling business in all its stages before your eyes, starting from just standing in front of the landfill, and then picking up the garbage from the trunk of your car without even bothering to get down, and then walking to see the next step in front of you are other workers who are going with the gains of today and maybe yesterday, for those shops, weighing iron, wrapping paper, collecting wood, and accumulating plastics. A class of such junk in the form of bins, perhaps going to gather somewhere else, or eventually bringing it to that port, and it crosses one of the seas, and comes back to us again in the form of merchandise; we buy it in hard currency, consume it, and then return it to the landfill.
Society is already able to create balance, create opportunities, create a strong private sector, and effective community activity, only if balance is achieved, between a state that is based on the movement of society, and does not restrict it, provides it with an environment of security and stability, facilitates its movement, and warps it.
The witness here is that when the grip of the state in the Scandinavian example tightened, it organized the work of recycling, and when the grip loosened in our hands, society organized the same process, certainly the quality management of the two recycling processes was very different, and that's because we're talking about an advanced secular state, a deformed secular state, and we're not talking about another system.
Society is able to create balance, create opportunities, create a strong private sector, and effective community activity, only if balance is achieved, between a state that is based on the movement of society, does not restrict it, provides it with an environment of security and stability, facilitates its movement, and is crooked, a society that cools even if the state collapses, and rebuilds itself....
A philosophy that the Islamic regime was able to create, through a balanced society, its strength is manifested in the Waqf institutions that have spread throughout the country, to repair the gaps of society and reduce its missteps, while the state provides security; defuse conflicts and preserve the gaps, before the distorted secular states crawl on them and turn all independent societal institutions into a part of the institutions of a distorted state.
The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the editorial position of Al Jazeera.

Education plays a crucial role in Japan's waste recycling system, with effective garbage sorting practices in place since 1980.

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“Regenerating the available resources is a virtue … ”
Japan is one of the best countries in the world in terms of garbage sorting since 1980. Since April 1, 2017, it has taken two years to extract from 78,985 metric tons of white household appliances (mainly washing machines, refrigerators, etc.) and 6.21 million mobile phones. Out of 32 kg of pure gold, 3500 kg of pure silver and 2200 kg of pure copper, to create the 5000 Olympic medals to be awarded.
Through this plan, the Japanese government let the global public understand the importance of e-waste reuse, and improve the recycling rate of e-waste, of which 32 kilograms of gold is recycled and refined, the market price is more than S $2.19 million, making many people exclaim that the humble e-waste in life has huge value.
In order to reduce electronic waste, Austria launched electronic product repair vouchers, and the Dutch design team turned it into office furniture.
Austrian citizens can download maintenance vouchers to subsidize the repair cost of electronic products such as smart phones, laptops or dishwashers, and the subsidy amount is 50% of the repair cost, capped at about S $290, hoping to change the consumption habits of people.
The design team in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, promotes the “Ore Stream ” project, which uses electronic waste to make avant-garde office furniture.
For example, the computer casing forms a storage cabinet, and the aluminum plate is made into a chair, and is decorated by some mobile phone parts.
Implementation
In addition to resource recycling, we can do some small things in life to help implement the concept of environmental protection, such as: eat, use moderately, buy more do not become garbage; use more porcelain cups, environmental bowls, less paper cups and no washing tableware; bathe without bath, take a shower; do not throw things casually, reduce the production of garbage; home lighting equipment to save electric light bulbs, and develop the habit; Automatically turn on the temperature; recycle newspapers and oil you have seen; bring your own back bag or shopping bag when buying vegetables or groceries, and choose less packaged items.
Maintain the car well, not to let it smoke; often check the tires, because the lack of inflation tire is easy to break and consume oil; walk more, ride more bicycles; drive less, try to use public transport; promote subway, bus and cycling sports, and buy equipment and stationery made of recyclable materials.
QUALITY
According to statistics, it takes ten years to plant a tree, but only a few minutes to cut a tree; babies from birth to two years old must use 20 trees for diapers; for every ton of waste paper recovered, 20 logs can be cut eight meters high and 14 centimeters in diameter; and recycled paper can be used to cut about 400,000 logs a month.
Therefore, recycled paper made of recycled paper can be recycled, in addition to reducing the amount of trees cut down, but also indirectly save water.
Some people have said such things: "The average life expectancy of human beings is getting longer and shorter, and the life expectancy of nature is getting shorter and shorter." Because of human health care and endless desire, nature's resources are limited and limited, it is really unbearable for human beings to continue to destroy such things.
If everyone is environmentally conscious and implements it in life, the earth will gradually recuperate and we can have a good and healthy quality of life.
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Government plays a crucial role in promoting waste sorting and recycling through laws and regulations, as seen in Finland and Amsterdam.

Ukraine is adopting Finland's waste management experience, introducing separate waste collection in 1725 settlements to increase its recycling rate.

Finland and Amsterdam can serve as models for improving waste sorting and recycling practices globally.

US counties like Tioga, Clinton, and Arlington have implemented waste management programs, including recycling education and food scraps collection.

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Content: Tioga County Sustainability / Recycling introduces two new programs

Tioga County Sustainability / Recycling recently announced two new programs, an Educational Program, and Borrow-A-Bin Program.

Educational Program

There are now several opportunities for teachers and organizations to learn about recycling and waste reduction. School lessons and presentations can be taught on a variety of topics relating to waste reduction, reuse / repurposing and recycling. Presentations can be adapted to focus on a particular school subject or curriculum standard making waste reduction education easy and  accessible for interested teachers.

Borrow-A-Bin Program – Special Event Recycling

Looking for a way to recycle at your next community event? Consider the Borrow-A-Bin program. The Borrow-A-Bin program is a free service that aims to maximize waste diversion at events in Tioga County. Up to ten beverage recycling bins are available to be loaned for local events, large or small.

According to Ellen Pratt, Sustainability manager for Tioga County Solid Waste, “Waste reduction is important for a financially vital and environmentally healthy community. The less waste we create, the more money we keep in our pockets and trash out of our landscape.”

For more information on these programs, visit the Tioga County Sustainability / Recycling website at https://tiogacountyny.gov/programs-agencies/sustainability-recycling/.

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Content: A report based on a solid waste management study conducted by the city of Joplin recommends that the city’s contract for franchised trash service require weekly recycling pickup on the same day as trash pickup. That is the proper course of action.

An update in a master plan for those services was discussed on Tuesday by the Joplin City Council. Residents can learn more about the recommendations from the Burns and McDonnell consulting firm of Kansas City during Third Thursday on Sept. 15 in front of City Hall, 602 S. Main St.

Input from residents will be taken during that event to include in the final plan to be submitted in October.

It really doesn’t make sense for recycling pickup to be less frequent than trash pickup. One goal of recycling is to cut the volume of solid waste sent to the landfill. Recycling households that meet that goal best currently have a problem. Those that recycle frequently have more material destined for the recycling bin at the end of the week than in the trash bin. A two-week pick-up cycle puts successful recyclers in a dilemma. When the recycling container is full, what are those households to do?

They have little choice. Bagging and stacking the recycling alongside the bin doesn’t work. That ends up with torn bags, scattered materials and problems for the trucks collecting the recycling. So the excess will instead be shifted back into the regular trash, defeating the purpose of the program.

Not that recycling programs are without problems, even with good participation. Households often include food and other nonrecyclable materials in the bins, either inadvertently or, we suspect, from poor understanding of what should and should not be recycled. The city should increase efforts to educate and inform residents, both participants and potential recyclers.

Additionally, the nature of the recycling marketplace can and has changed dramatically, driving up the amount of recycled materials that are shifted back into the regular trash stream. Those broader problems do not, however, negate the benefit of recycling despite reducing its success rate.

The city also should again propose citywide curbside recycling rather than opt-in recycling, another item suggested as a result of the study. The trend nationally is for cities to adopt citywide recycling programs, and Missouri has seen a big increase in such programs with good results.

Curbside recycling in our community is low compared with other Missouri cities, with poor participation in Joplin’s opt-in program resulting in 82.7% of our household waste ending up in the trash.

Increasing the frequency of recycling pickup would help the city meet its goal to reduce waste that goes into landfills. Having citywide curbside recycling would help even more.

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From left are Erin Hartsock from the Clinton County Solid Waste Management District, Buster the Mouse, and Shawna Derkson.

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Buster the Mouse and Erin Hartsock from the Clinton County Solid Waste Management District “busted” Shawna Derkson of Wilmington putting proper recyclables into the community drop-off recycling containers at 1274 W. Main St., Wilmington.

Shawna recently moved to Wilmington from Illinois, but she was sure to bring her passion for recycling with her. She wants everyone to know that dumping out your bags is not hard!

The SWMD has even provided a handy bag disposal receptacle (NOT a recycling collection for plastic bags, but a convenient way to dispose of used bags once emptied of recyclables) at the Main St. location.

For her efforts in practicing the 3-Rs, Shawna received a recycled-content prize pack.

Thank you, Shawna, for keeping plastic bags out of the drop-off containers!

Don’t miss out on your chance to win great prizes by simply recycling household items such as bottles, jars, cans and newspapers at one of the six Clinton County Drop-off locations.

For a full list of the local recycling drop-off locations and acceptable materials, visit the SWMD’s website at www.co.clinton.oh.us/recycling.

Be on the lookout… you could be the next person caught green-handed!

From left are Erin Hartsock from the Clinton County Solid Waste Management District, Buster the Mouse, and Shawna Derkson.
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The smelly, yet insightful, process to avoiding food waste in Arlington County

New data indicates more households are segregating food waste for compost.

ARLINGTON, Va. — As Arlington County officials determine how to better manage waste, a team of individuals with the solid waste department is sifting through the dirty details.

Every quarter, Arlington County Solid Waste conducts a waste audit to analyze trends and what is being thrown out in the trash.

"The waste audits really allow us to keep our thumb on the pulse," Environmental Sustainability Planner Douglas Krietemeyer said. "It just allows us to see the evolution of the waste stream and allows us to implement programs as necessary or create educational campaigns."

Every day for the rest of the week, the team collects trash from 20 households and separates the waste in a multitude of categories. Krietemeyer said he is noticing different types of material used in packaging for the same product, especially plastic. Overall, the amount of waste collected in the county has remained consistent, even with the pandemic, likely due to the recycling and organics services available.

Although the process is not new to the county, a recent program derived from the audits is helping highlight the need for more awareness. Up to 25% of all the waste generated in the county consists of food scraps and waste, per Krietemeyer.

The county implemented a food scraps collection program in September, which gave residents the option to segregate the items into a green organics bin.

A recent analysis found about 27% of all the food scraps that were generated before are now ending up in the green organics bin. When it was first implemented, data showed the green bins collected 15% of food waste.

"There is still a lot that ends up in the trash but it just says to us, that we have a long way to go," Krietemeyer said. "We can continue educating residents about throwing that into the green bin instead of the trash can."

By separating food scraps for compost, it diverts them away from the landfill or incineration and breaks down naturally, preventing them from producing greenhouse gases.

The county is currently working on a Zero Waste Plan for 2024 which will govern how solid waste is managed over the next 20-year period.

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Content: Food scrap composting coming to Ramsey County￼

By Anne Holzman

Ramsey County is gearing up a system for separating food scraps from non-compostable trash in residential garbage bins.

And Falcon Heights might become a test site for the program.

When the program gets going, residents will be provided with compostable food scrap bags, to be replaced upon request at no charge. Residents will put their food scraps in the bags and toss them into their regular garbage cans. The bags will be mechanically retrieved after haulers drop them off for processing. Participation by residents will be voluntary and free of charge.

The bags of food scraps will go to composting businesses, which market their product for uses including landscaping and agriculture. There is also the possibility of anaerobic digestion in the future, according to Ramsey/Washington Recycling and Energy, the partnership entity between counties that is running the program.

The bags are several times as thick as the bags currently in use for various drop-off programs for organic household waste. They are designed to hold up for a week in the trash and withstand the pickup process.

The goal of the program is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from organics in garbage.

At the Jan. 26 meeting of the Falcon Heights City Council, Ramsey County Commissioner Trista MatasCastillo described the plan and said she has been advocating for Falcon Heights as a pilot community. As of mid-March, the pilot community had not yet been selected.

Haulers will not need to change what they’re doing, Recycling and Energy spokesperson Andrea McKennan told the Bugle. Residents are free to participate as they choose to. Cities do not need to opt in or out of the program. The goal is 40% participation in the county.

The food scraps bags will only be offered to residents in the first phases, but the county is exploring the possibility of including businesses, likely charging a small fee.

McKennan noted that unlike programs requiring separate carts for organics, this one will be available to apartment dwellers because there is no change to the number of disposal receptacles. This system also saves the expense of distributing an extra cart to every household.

McKennan said that while they’re starting with a pilot, “The program is definitely coming to all residents of Ramsey and Washington counties.” She said the pilot will give R&E an opportunity to test their systems for distributing bags, sorting trash, and other aspects of the program. They’ll adjust their practices based on the pilot before rolling out the system to all cities in Ramsey and Washington counties.

The county expects to run the pilot in 2022, then expand it in stages during 2023.

Funding will come from the County Environmental Charge that each county lists on waste collection bills, the fees that haulers pay to dispose of their loads at the Recycling and Energy Center, and a grant from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency funded by the 2020 state bonding bill.

Anne Holzman is a freelance writer for the Bugle.

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Sylvester’s Services has been watching, learning, and planning as Perry Countians search for a reliable recycling service. Beginning this month, the Duncannon trash removal service will sell bags and offer drop-off locations for recycling throughout the county.

“It just doesn’t seem like it’s getting done correctly at the moment,” said Randy Sylvester, president of Sylvester’s Services. “We’re going to try it; we’re going to do it. It’s not that hard of a thing to do. We do part of the county now, so we’re just trying to expand.”

Sylvester’s already has contracts with Wheatfield and Penn townships, as well as with Duncannon and Bloomfield boroughs. The company has monthly recycling pick-ups in each of the townships and boroughs. Pick-ups are limited to residents of the townships and boroughs and don’t entirely meet the needs of everyone in the county looking to recycle.

“I had calls from various townships saying that, because we already do have recycling places with the township, they wanted to know if we were going to do anything different other than providing dumpsters for them and doing it once a month,” Sylvester said. “I said that we would; we had numerous calls. The need was definitely there.”

Sylvester’s has been working on a plan to handle the county’s recycling for more than half a year. According to Sylvester, it’s a family effort, with his wife Carol and son Angino helping plan and organize the new endeavor.

“We’re going to have dumpsters at township buildings, or maybe even fire departments,” Sylveser continued. “We have about four right now. Depending on the response from the community — if it seems like everybody in Newport wants to put a bag out, maybe we would do pick-up in the boroughs — but I don’t think we’re going to chase bags. (We don’t plan to) drive to Blain to pick up one bag of recycling. We’re going to try to have drop-offs where people can place them and then we’d pick them up once a week.”

They don’t plan to sort the recycling on location, believing that would take too long and would run the risk of overwhelming staff. Sylvester’s wants to avoid what it believes are the mistakes another disposal company made while operating a recycling program. “I think what happened was they kind of got overwhelmed; lack of help. They were trying to hand-sort it; we’re not getting into the hand-sorting or into storage.”

Instead, Sylvester’s plans to truck compacted recycling to a number of larger facilities throughout the state. Some facilities that will be utilized are Reazer’s Recycling in Lebanon, Cougles Recycling in Hamburg, Harrisburg Waste Paper Company, and Penn Waste. The large facilities are better able to sort through the recycling.

While they will be picking out items that don’t belong, Sylvester’s hopes to limit items being improperly disposed of by utilizing clear bags for recycling. “It’s harder for someone to put trash in a clear bag. So maybe that’ll keep that problem down as well.”

Sylvester’s will distribute clear recycling bags to grocery stores and other vendors throughout the county for $4 each, alongside their $3 yellow garbage bags. On the recycling bags is printed information on what can be recycled, as well as a reminder of the 40-pound weight limit. Sylvester said the largest investment in beginning to collect county recycling was purchasing roughly $50,000 worth of bags.

The bags will be available everywhere Sylvester’s garbage bags are sold. Still, they’d like to have more vendors distributing bags. “The farther out we go into the county, we’re going to need some of the small stores to kick in to sell the bags so we can make it easier for people to buy. Someone in Landisburg might not be able to drive all the way to Karns for a bag. I guess that in order for the whole thing to work, I have to get more places to sell the bags. If a fire department is interested in making extra money, maybe it could have a bingo night where they could also sell bags.”

Sylvester’s will accept plastics, including bottles and containers with numbers 1 through 7; not Styrofoam. Also accepted will be steel, aluminum, and foil cans; mixed paper and flattened cardboard; and food and beverage cartons. Recycled items need to be emptied and cleaned. Not accepted are plastic bags or plastic wrap, wires or hoses, clothing or linens, or glass.

Vendors interested in selling bags, and those with further questions, are encouraged to call Sylvester’s Services at 717-834-4976.

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Successful waste management requires a multi-faceted approach, as seen in countries like Finland, Amsterdam, South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan.