That moment when New York City realized that it doesn't have to resort to clogging its curbs and sidewalks with loose bags of trash and can instead rely on sophisticated technology: Trash cans
Car brain in the comment thread...
Trash bags take up exactly as much space as a trash bag for exactly as long as it is on the sidewalk. Trash cans take up more than their maximum capacity regardless of how full they are, 24 hours a day.
And the tweeter's reply...
Despite having the best public transit system in America, New York City has 3 million on-street parking spaces, more than 95% of which are free, and your concern is… trash cans taking up too much space? Sorry, but if you love the rats so much, why don't you marry one?
Interesting, I'd ask which council but probably best not to say.
We get a separate bag for paper/card, separate bag box for glass/plastic, small box for the food waste, and then blue bin/red bin.
I assumed this was the case everywhere as it has been the same experience I've had at 3 different councils at opposite ends of the country for me.
huh, weird
not going to specify the council, but it's in east anglia
In Seattle, it's the three bins. I assume that's how it is in most places in the US that bother with recycling and compost.