Garbage disposal in Japan and Hong Kong
During my first stay in Japan (working there as domestic helper for my boss), I noticed that the trash bins there had separated compartments for the different kinds of waste... And you got a penalty if you didn't put the trash in the suitable compartment.
Here in Hong Kong the rules concerning garbage disposal are not that strict. People can choose to recycle their trash in a proper way or to just dump everything in a single trash bin.
I would really appreciate it if in future also the Philippine garbage disposal system would improve and especially more people would care about proper waste disposal instead to litter their plastic bottles, bags and cutlery, food waste, micro packagings and other trash everywhere into the landscapes.
I make a lot of food, and after that always lots of empty plastic packaging, cans, and bottles etc... remain. Therefore for me it is also important to dispose all these waste in a proper way to keep environment clean. Doing recycling is good for nature!
Learning from a fellow Filipina!
Already since a while I was observing one of the Filipinas going to that place from time to time to recycle all her waste.
And of course I am a curious person as usual. As I always saw her day by day I finally just asked her! I asked if she would get anything in return for recycling her garbage in a proper way? And she told me that... yes, one is indeed earning points for proper waste disposal: every 500 points one can redeem something nice, like 1 kg of rice, 1 pack of noodles, oil and many other things. So I asked myself why not doing it, too? In addition of my personal reward it's also good for environment! It's a habbit of discipline. It reminded me that already my mother in the Philippines was always very good in separating all the biowaste from non-biowaste.
Since when am I doing that?
I am doing it since 4 months now, and look how many points I already earned... Altogether already 1327 points! That means that later I can redeem 2 kg rice which is enough to eat for the next 2 weeks!
