which bin?

A little story about life in Nagoya. Well, they're very much into their recycling here so a trip to the bin is time consuming as hell. In Nagoya, we recycle over 20 different types of rubbish and they have to be sorted into the correct bins when you chuck anything away. Luckily, at the university and halls, we 'only' recycle 14: there's plastic, PET bottles, paper packaging, glass bottles, polystyrene, incombustible waste, combustible waste etc. If you have, say, a coke bottle then this is what you have to do. First, remove the paper label from the bottle and put it in the paper packaging bin, then remove the cap AND the plastic ring under the cap and throw that into the plastic bin, then you have to wash the bottle out before you can finally chuck it into the PET bottle bin. All plastics must be washed, cartons must be washed, cut down perpendicular lines and sorted into bundles of ten. Easy huh? Try clearing up after a dinner party.