Having lived on Korea for a few years, the one underrated thing about having to separate food waste in little bags is that you don't waste food. At least I try to minimize waste when cooking or eating so the food waste bag doesn't fill up so quickly. I dunno, maybe it's only me 😂😁
I think that's the very point of the policy. Not only because you need to buy the bags, but also, it keeps reminding you to be aware of the amount of food waste
My dad in his neighborhood back in the US always complains about how... the trash and the separated recycling bags all go in the same dump truck. I think in the US (and maybe to some extent in other countries) recycling is done to make people feel better, but it's a farce.
I feel this way as well because I see the trash and recycles go in the same truck so???? also a lot of people in my neighborhood even though recycling is mandatory there's no fines or the HOA doesn't care so nobody goes through the walls but if I notice that someone put that in there and they're not supposed to I'll take it out because when the garbageman come if they see glass that's not supposed to be there or plastic bags they'll just dump it also in the regular trash truck. so people that actually try to recycle runs out things and washing things out it's all to waste😢
while i lived at 'camp mercer' near kimpo (1989-90) i was tasked with taking a medium sized building that was dismantled to what we called 'the seoul dump'. i had never been to a "dump" before, but i had taken scrap metal (iron and such) to a large scale recycling place. my 10ton HEMTT (M977) loaded and directions to get there in hand i drove just outside of most of the city and arrived. EVERYONE outside the gate was very excited to see i was there. i drove up to ask where i should go and the gate guy said only a few words and pointed in a general direction. i took this as 'just go over there someplace.' there was a crowd behind the truck, and as a soldier alone with only a new KATUSA (korean augmented to US army) next to me i didn't want to get overwhelmed by people trying to take things off the truck. the risk of someone getting hurt was too high. so i drove up into the hills of "stuff" and rounded several corners to lose them. the seould dump at that time was HUGE(!!!). many of the mountains of "stuff" were taller than the multistory buildings close to where i lived. i have to refer to the trash there as "stuff" because most of it looked like bacterially broken down wood/paper/food/general waste that could maybe have been some kind of bizarre compost. the maybe half mile i drover through there i didn't see anything that could readily be used for something else. it was actually amazing. back in the hills it was a good thing i have 8x8 available to me otherwise i wouldn't have been able to get out of there. i have no idea how deep the muck and water was in some spots. i never touched the ground, i was afraid of what might be lurking in the rust red and slightly brown mud and water. mud doesn't describe the semi-solid ground exactly but it's as close as i can explain. i climbed out of the cab and into the bed of the truck, pulled the pins to let the sides fall and OMG the people there were RUNNING to gather everything off the truck as it fell and whatever small pieces got hung-up in the edge crevasses. it took almost 2 hours to load everything and less than 5 minutes to unload. then by the time i had myself turned around ready to leave more than 90% of what i had just dumped was GONE. they took all of it 'somewhere'. after seeing that place i was a true believer that nearly nothing goes to waste in south korea.
So satisfying... I live in a part of the USA where there is very little recycling, much less than 32%! But soon I will be living in InCheon! I love your videos and hope that I will have an opportunity to cross paths with your family before you travel again~ ^^ Thank you for the information!
That's the same here in the UK too, plus food gets put out for composite. Thankfully they're making it mandatory now. Oh. It's pretty much the same with the food waste and the way it's bagged, glass & tin together, paper, and plastic separately. Your sink system is far more advanced, fancy houses have those big sinks, but regular places don't have them If you mix something up, they won't take it, they can even fine you! Our trash day is every two weeks, it used to be weekly. I live in a small flat, I have a neighbor underneath me. But lots of bigger apartment complex have huge coloured coridinated communal bins for recycling (as the bags are different colours for different things), that you put in in a bin room (some have shoots for trash only, older style high rise) but it's not left outside until the night before collection. It's tins, glass, paper one week, then rubbish and plastics the following week, food waste goes out on both weeks. We usually have a small green house bin for food waste and a larger one outside that's put out for collection. This is how it is at least in the part of the UK I live in
I'm in Nova Scotia, Canada and we have similar rules. We adopted (mandatory) the "blue bin" (recycling of cans, plastics, etc in one bag and paper, cardboard, etc in another) program in 1995. We now put those items in blue bags (no bin required). Beginning in 1996, single-serve (pop cans/bottles, beer cans/bottles, tetra paks, water bottles, wine bottles, etc) drink containers have a fee of $0.10 per container at the time of purchase. You can gather them up and then return the empties at an enviro-depot and receive $0.05 or $0.10 back, depending on the type of return. Our "green bin" organics program became mandatory in 1998. Most areas have their green bin trucks empty bins every two weeks, and every week in the summer (to limit smells). As for garbage we are currently (as of 2015) allowed one black "privacy" bag (for bathroom garbage and the like...used sanitary products, cat litter, etc). Other garbage bags must be clear (helps ensure people are sorting their garbage properly). We've also banned the same of single-use plastic bags (grocery bags and the like) as of Fall 2020. We can do more (we can't recycle styrofoam for example), but compared to other provinces in Canada we are leading the pack. Little by little...much more to go.
Residents are told to recycle but I believe that recycling ends up in landfills with normal trash, despite there actually being recycling plants in America. Recycling doesn’t even exist for the entire process, up to the top.
As always, very interesting and informative. Seeing the differences of everyday life in other countries provides an opportunity to see more possibilities. Most people in the U.S. are defiant about recycling, but recycling is another business opportunity.
The money can add up when you have to pay for bags and stickers, esp if you have a large family. In the US with my family, we have one big garbage can in the kitchen that we line with a 30 gallon black bag, and we throw everything in there. The government has given us 2 big bins on wheels that we keep outside. The black bags get put inside these bins, and then we push these out to our street and they get picked up on Tuesdays. We also have one recycling bin for plastic and cardboard. We also wheel this to the end of our driveway on Tuesdays and this gets picked up by a recycling truck.
Very hard to cheat or throw the garbage somewhere due to very extensive CCTV and dashcam/ more than 75% coverage. For large items like furnitures or appliances you purchase disposal sticker then move to pickup location.
Interesting video, but aren't you afraid of people finding out where you live? Using the color of trash bag and very detailed covering of google streetview, your apartment might be found easily. (eventhough you did a good job on blurring business signs)
Wow. I never knew. I don't believe in food trash. I have pets and a garden. I guess I never thought about this very much. I have thought in a way of lowering your carbon foot print about not about trash and cities. Thank you for sharing.
I don’t know if I like the idea putting your recycling on the street and not in a large bin . I prefer seeing it a big bin . So stray cats and dogs and even mice would not tear the bags apart and leaving food waste all over the street . At lease if it’s in a big bin . The waste is in the bin 😮
The recycling in the US makes me so sad and so sick, especially seeing how much effort other countries put in to it. While we are just trashing that good work.
I wish recycling was better in the states. I myself recycle plastic, can, glass and cardboard. I use a compost bin to throw all my natural food waste into and mix it with my soil so i can grow stuff. One thing that doesnt get recycled is plastic bags, which is awful.
This would create jobs for people as well. USA is behind AF and when they illegally occupied our country they created more waste and trash with the US Military! Thank you for sharing this in depth look at recycling per household. Our family does composting, recycles paper, cans and bottles.
Having lived on Korea for a few years, the one underrated thing about having to separate food waste in little bags is that you don't waste food. At least I try to minimize waste when cooking or eating so the food waste bag doesn't fill up so quickly. I dunno, maybe it's only me 😂😁
I think that's the very point of the policy. Not only because you need to buy the bags, but also, it keeps reminding you to be aware of the amount of food waste
Shout out to the cameraman who got left out with the trash
My dad in his neighborhood back in the US always complains about how... the trash and the separated recycling bags all go in the same dump truck. I think in the US (and maybe to some extent in other countries) recycling is done to make people feel better, but it's a farce.
I feel this way as well because I see the trash and recycles go in the same truck so???? also a lot of people in my neighborhood even though recycling is mandatory there's no fines or the HOA doesn't care so nobody goes through the walls but if I notice that someone put that in there and they're not supposed to I'll take it out because when the garbageman come if they see glass that's not supposed to be there or plastic bags they'll just dump it also in the regular trash truck. so people that actually try to recycle runs out things and washing things out it's all to waste😢
거기만 그럴거에요 아파트는 분리한대로 다른 트럭이 와서 가져가요
빌라나 도시아닌지역은 분리해도 다같이 가져갈때가 있구요
while i lived at 'camp mercer' near kimpo (1989-90) i was tasked with taking a medium sized building that was dismantled to what we called 'the seoul dump'. i had never been to a "dump" before, but i had taken scrap metal (iron and such) to a large scale recycling place.
my 10ton HEMTT (M977) loaded and directions to get there in hand i drove just outside of most of the city and arrived. EVERYONE outside the gate was very excited to see i was there. i drove up to ask where i should go and the gate guy said only a few words and pointed in a general direction. i took this as 'just go over there someplace.'
there was a crowd behind the truck, and as a soldier alone with only a new KATUSA (korean augmented to US army) next to me i didn't want to get overwhelmed by people trying to take things off the truck. the risk of someone getting hurt was too high. so i drove up into the hills of "stuff" and rounded several corners to lose them.
the seould dump at that time was HUGE(!!!). many of the mountains of "stuff" were taller than the multistory buildings close to where i lived. i have to refer to the trash there as "stuff" because most of it looked like bacterially broken down wood/paper/food/general waste that could maybe have been some kind of bizarre compost. the maybe half mile i drover through there i didn't see anything that could readily be used for something else. it was actually amazing. back in the hills it was a good thing i have 8x8 available to me otherwise i wouldn't have been able to get out of there. i have no idea how deep the muck and water was in some spots.
i never touched the ground, i was afraid of what might be lurking in the rust red and slightly brown mud and water. mud doesn't describe the semi-solid ground exactly but it's as close as i can explain.
i climbed out of the cab and into the bed of the truck, pulled the pins to let the sides fall and OMG the people there were RUNNING to gather everything off the truck as it fell and whatever small pieces got hung-up in the edge crevasses. it took almost 2 hours to load everything and less than 5 minutes to unload. then by the time i had myself turned around ready to leave more than 90% of what i had just dumped was GONE. they took all of it 'somewhere'.
after seeing that place i was a true believer that nearly nothing goes to waste in south korea.
So satisfying... I live in a part of the USA where there is very little recycling, much less than 32%! But soon I will be living in InCheon! I love your videos and hope that I will have an opportunity to cross paths with your family before you travel again~ ^^ Thank you for the information!
That's the same here in the UK too, plus food gets put out for composite.
Thankfully they're making it mandatory now.
Oh. It's pretty much the same with the food waste and the way it's bagged, glass & tin together, paper, and plastic separately.
Your sink system is far more advanced, fancy houses have those big sinks, but regular places don't have them
If you mix something up, they won't take it, they can even fine you!
Our trash day is every two weeks, it used to be weekly. I live in a small flat, I have a neighbor underneath me.
But lots of bigger apartment complex have huge coloured coridinated communal bins for recycling (as the bags are different colours for different things), that you put in in a bin room (some have shoots for trash only, older style high rise) but it's not left outside until the night before collection. It's tins, glass, paper one week, then rubbish and plastics the following week, food waste goes out on both weeks. We usually have a small green house bin for food waste and a larger one outside that's put out for collection.
This is how it is at least in the part of the UK I live in
I'm in Nova Scotia, Canada and we have similar rules. We adopted (mandatory) the "blue bin" (recycling of cans, plastics, etc in one bag and paper, cardboard, etc in another) program in 1995. We now put those items in blue bags (no bin required).
Beginning in 1996, single-serve (pop cans/bottles, beer cans/bottles, tetra paks, water bottles, wine bottles, etc) drink containers have a fee of $0.10 per container at the time of purchase. You can gather them up and then return the empties at an enviro-depot and receive $0.05 or $0.10 back, depending on the type of return.
Our "green bin" organics program became mandatory in 1998. Most areas have their green bin trucks empty bins every two weeks, and every week in the summer (to limit smells).
As for garbage we are currently (as of 2015) allowed one black "privacy" bag (for bathroom garbage and the like...used sanitary products, cat litter, etc). Other garbage bags must be clear (helps ensure people are sorting their garbage properly).
We've also banned the same of single-use plastic bags (grocery bags and the like) as of Fall 2020.
We can do more (we can't recycle styrofoam for example), but compared to other provinces in Canada we are leading the pack. Little by little...much more to go.
한국은 이미 시행한지 십년이 넘어가고 음식물은 99프로 재활용되요. 주로 연료제로 사용되구요. 세제 사용전에 음식물을 버리고 식기를 세척하는게 좋습니다.
Residents are told to recycle but I believe that recycling ends up in landfills with normal trash, despite there actually being recycling plants in America. Recycling doesn’t even exist for the entire process, up to the top.
it be funny if she does respond to every convo with a stat fact
Depends where you live in Korea. Not all places require recycling.
As always, very interesting and informative. Seeing the differences of everyday life in other countries provides an opportunity to see more possibilities. Most people in the U.S. are defiant about recycling, but recycling is another business opportunity.
👍 yes. create jobs.
Love your videos
love the info
Awesome long format! Keep it up
The money can add up when you have to pay for bags and stickers, esp if you have a large family. In the US with my family, we have one big garbage can in the kitchen that we line with a 30 gallon black bag, and we throw everything in there. The government has given us 2 big bins on wheels that we keep outside. The black bags get put inside these bins, and then we push these out to our street and they get picked up on Tuesdays. We also have one recycling bin for plastic and cardboard. We also wheel this to the end of our driveway on Tuesdays and this gets picked up by a recycling truck.
That sounds pretty much how we do things here in the U.K.
Very hard to cheat or throw the garbage somewhere due to very extensive CCTV and dashcam/ more than 75% coverage. For large items like furnitures or appliances you purchase disposal sticker then move to pickup location.
I used to do this in elementary school with the Save the Earth club. I was the police. 😂😅
Interesting video, but aren't you afraid of people finding out where you live? Using the color of trash bag and very detailed covering of google streetview, your apartment might be found easily. (eventhough you did a good job on blurring business signs)
Oh yeah never thought abt that
7:30 he left one sign unblurred
ooops
Wow. I never knew. I don't believe in food trash. I have pets and a garden. I guess I never thought about this very much. I have thought in a way of lowering your carbon foot print about not about trash and cities. Thank you for sharing.
It sounds expensive long-term
Similar to how it is in the UK
I don’t know if I like the idea putting your recycling on the street and not in a large bin . I prefer seeing it a big bin . So stray cats and dogs and even mice would not tear the bags apart and leaving food waste all over the street . At lease if it’s in a big bin . The waste is in the bin 😮
“food recycling” it’s called composting lmaooo
%95 for food waste is an insane amount
this is where you belong american (closes the door)
Yo is does Korea not have any land left so they just build UP
The recycling in the US makes me so sad and so sick, especially seeing how much effort other countries put in to it. While we are just trashing that good work.
I wish recycling was better in the states. I myself recycle plastic, can, glass and cardboard. I use a compost bin to throw all my natural food waste into and mix it with my soil so i can grow stuff. One thing that doesnt get recycled is plastic bags, which is awful.
so thrift stores, used clothes & furniture etc. isn't a thing? too bad
and no composting?
Yeah, that's way too much, no thanks
This would create jobs for people as well. USA is behind AF and when they illegally occupied our country they created more waste and trash with the US Military! Thank you for sharing this in depth look at recycling per household. Our family does composting, recycles paper, cans and bottles.
Where is your country and what gives you the impression that the US illegally occupied it?