But with which you can annoy friends from time to time in a conversation, so that they do not forget how smart you are.
1. One of the dirtiest countries on the planet is India. The streets of megalopolises are literally littered with rubbish, and it is sometimes hard to even breathe near the most famous sights. Garbage is collected by the lowest castes, and a child born to such a family will also collect garbage. Heaps of waste on the streets are regularly set on fire to somehow get rid of them, and the smell is appropriate.
2. In Brazil and Mexico, poor people are encouraged to collect garbage on their own: residents of Brazilian favelas are given a bag of food for six bags of waste, and Mexicans can get stamps for vegetables for collecting slop.
3. In Germany there are stores where you can come with your own packaging: this is how they try to reduce the amount of plastic waste. In addition, a pledge system has been introduced in the country: the price of a drink usually already includes the cost of a bottle or can in which it is poured, and the container can be returned at any store in order to receive your deposit back (10-25 euro cents).
4. Trash "teleports" - posts with a special window-porthole are installed on the streets of Barcelona. The garbage thrown into it is compressed underground, and then removed by special equipment.
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5. In the UK, containers for old clothes and mobile gadgets are being installed near supermarkets. The kingdom has quite strict rules in relation to violators of "garbage laws": heavy fines are imposed for incorrect sorting of waste and even for finding the wrong trash can (there are only three of them per household) in front of the house on the wrong day of the week.
6. The Swedes sort their waste very carefully and recycle almost 99 percent of the collected waste. At the same time, they convert almost half into energy (for example, biogas is obtained from plastic). For the same reason, Swedes accept sorted waste from other European countries free of charge.
7. One of the world leaders in plastics processing is Japan. Sports garbage collection championships have been held here for over 10 years! In the Land of the Rising Sun, almost all of their garbage is recycled, and from it not only energy or recycled paper is obtained, but also building materials, as well as materials for filling new islands.
8. In the US, garbage is collected in large plastic bags, and sorted by special services. Part goes to processing, the other part is sent to burial.
9. Sometimes garbage is used in the most unexpected ways: for example, a resident of Volgograd Roman Sebekin built himself a house out of plastic waste, and a resident of Leicester assembled a car body from recycled plastic and metal.
10. But that's not all - trash can be part of the art! And this is not about swans made of tires (hello, housing and communal services art!), But about real sculptures, paintings and mosaics. It is enough to google the work of Hasan Novrozi, Nina Bosch, Jane Perkins or Leo Sewell to see that sometimes trash is beautiful.
Author: kitoff