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Never thought I would find a post about rubbish (I have resisted saying a rubbish post) so interesting.

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There's more to come, Nick, just wait and see.

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Whoa, you must have read my mind. I just rewatched "The Birds" a couple days ago, and last night I had to dump the garbage for the first time in my new house, and was surprised to find the dumping point still locked at 9pm. So, I went out to dump it early this morning.

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I see, you must have that cage-like contraptions. In Italy we can more or less take out the trash 24/7 so the Japanese system so a little bit of a culture shock.

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In the U.S.A. the truck just goes house-to-house.

In Nagano, there are large metal sheds in some neighborhoods, probably because there is more space.

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I've been impressed with how Japan handles trash for years! Where I am currently at in the States, they stopped doing at-home recycling collection because people couldn't manage to separate their recyclables ... seriously. 😞

Also, I'm excited for this "slice-of-life chronicle" series - those are my favorite :)

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People's commitment is certainly commendable. Unfortunately, politicians don't practice what they preach. The truth is that Japan has one of the lowest recycling rates among OECD countries, at only 20% in 2017.

Though the authorities boast about achieving high levels of recycling, some 78% of waste is sent to incinerators—by far the highest among the OECD bloc.

For the officials, that is still recycling because burned trash is turned into reusable energy, but of course, that's a completely different story.

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You're the rubbish husband. Just like me.

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We should start a club!

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I don't want to be the president!

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Okay, you will be the janitor and take out the rubbish.

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