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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker
We’re middle of the road as well. No municipal compost collection. You’re allowed one black “privacy bag” per week, all other garbage bags must be clear. Recycling in blue bags is mandatory. Council workers will leave you a warning and eventually a fine if they see anything in your clear bags that should be recycled instead - though I doubt we pay them enough to actually check.
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What the hell!?!?
I've never heard of the garbagemen acting as garbage police
I wonder what made the council recognize the need for the "privacy bag"?
The system in Winnipeg, as you will recall, is super easy. All recyclables just get dumped loose into the bins and gets sorted at a plant. Only shredded paper has to go into clear blue bags. However, the system may have backfired because the recycling authorities are always pleading with people not to dump non-recyclables into the bins... coffee cups/food containers are often mentioned, even diapers (who on earth would think that filled diapers are recyclable!??!).