We write our name on the trash bag, weird!

The first time I learned how to dispose of our burnable garbage, I was taught to write the family name on the garbage bag.

Specific yellow bin bags for burnable garbage are available for purchase in grocery stores.

As far as I know, there are no alternatives for disposing of burnable garbage.

It’s unusual for me to write our family’s name on the bin bag, but here in our town, every resident has to write their family name on the garbage bag.

There are allocated places in the street where a yellow net is found. That is the spot where we can put our burnable garbage, covering it with the yellow net.

I am not sure why that is, but I can think of two reasons.

Covering the garbage with a net is to prevent the garbage bags from being picked and opened by birds. And I guess the bright yellow color is chosen for good visibility when the garbage trucks come around for pick-up.

I try to separate waste as much as possible and then bring it to the municipal waste separation location.

It’s not fun to do, but I do feel responsible for separating plastic, paper, glass, tins, and cans.

Putting it all together in a yellow garbage bag to burn later on isn’t good for the environment, in my opinion.

In the Netherlands, separating waste is a bit less complicated. In my former neighborhood, there were plenty of containers right around the corner for waste separation.

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