Why does there seem to be an extreme lack of public trashcans in Taiwan?

6/13/2019 1:51:30 PM

Taiwan has more expensive official trash bags which are needed to throw out non-separated trash. Separated waste can be put in any cheap bag. If people would have free public trashcans, this won’t help encourage recycling.

Another reason is that the trashcans will attract insects and rats.

6/10/2019 4:08:32 PM

Taiwan’s policy, related to trash, is that you are expected to take your trash home and dispose of it properly, that is, using the correct bin for separate collection of different types of trash.
This is part of a rather comprehensive policy on how to process trash, after, years ago, Taipei’s streets were lined with trash and very stinky.

A podcast called “99% Invisible” did a piece on this a while back.

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