Unburnable Garbage Day
It’s here! Every two weeks we get to throw out “moenai” or unburnable garbage, all the non-recycleable metal and plastic that accumulates.
Gotta hand it to Japan, the recycling is done well. You throw out burnable garbage twice a week, then glass, almuinum cans and PET bottles all have their day. Every two weeks you get unburnable garbage, and perhaps once a month there are days for newspapers and paper products, cardboard, and containers near the garbage area for batteries, light bulbs and other special items.
Now all we have to do is get the stores here to stop wrapping things to death. Once at a department store I bought an item which was already wrapped in plastic and put in a box; when I made the purchase, the salesperson put it into a paper bag, then put the paper bag into a larger plastic one. Gotta wonder what’s behind that.