American Expat Explorer Explains Why Seoul has NO Trash Cans!

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  • @francoismarc3
    @francoismarc3  23 дні тому +8

    Why are there no public trash cans in Seoul?! I've been living in Seoul for many years and I can't find a single trash cans! I finally did some research and found out why! The next time you are in Seoul, you'll know why you can't find a trash can! hahaha
    The Korea Times: www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/11/113_361576.html#:~:text=Under%20the%20system%2C%20people%20pay,trash%20cans%20from%20the%20streets.

    • @heavenhaven7254
      @heavenhaven7254 23 дні тому

      You are supposed to take your own garbage with you or give garbage to business you are getting service.

    • @jungaeryum1913
      @jungaeryum1913 11 днів тому

      @@francoismarc3 wow are you the king of research I love tue people smart and ? I am a Korean but still don’t know the reason.

    • @jungaeryum1913
      @jungaeryum1913 11 днів тому

      @@francoismarc3 your voice is very educational I read it thank you for your information

    • @jungaeryum1913
      @jungaeryum1913 11 днів тому

      @@heavenhaven7254 I do take the small garbage like a p paper cup and sometimes when you shipping inside o the store they have a trash can so if I have bigger than paper cup then I ask them if I can throw the trash in your trash can. Then everybody says yes I take the trash out from your hand s and put in in the trash can

    • @jungaeryum1913
      @jungaeryum1913 11 днів тому

      I meant ii was your video. Sorry

  • @Jeonyggo
    @Jeonyggo 15 днів тому +2

    I enjoyed the video today 😊🌸🌸

    • @francoismarc3
      @francoismarc3  15 днів тому +1

      감사합니다!! 너의 비디오 언제 나올까요?!

    • @Jeonyggo
      @Jeonyggo 14 днів тому

      @ coming soon!!😝

  • @pit5586
    @pit5586 23 дні тому +8

    😮😮😮There was quite a bit of administrative discussion about whether removing trash cans from the streets would make the streets cleaner, or rather, whether having them would be more helpful. Two neighboring districts in Seoul conducted experiments expecting different conclusions. They are Seocho-gu and Gangnam-gu. I understand that the tentative conclusion was that "having a moderate amount is good, but reducing the number significantly from the time is more effective." Hahaha. I think most areas in Seoul have reduced the number of public trash cans since then. In fact, I wish there were more trash cans. ㅠㅠ

    • @francoismarc3
      @francoismarc3  23 дні тому +1

      Woah! Interesting!! Thank you for sharing this! I'm happy to see the city conducted an experiment to see which works best. However, I think the city may have mistakenly taken away all the trash cans in the busy areas of the city ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

  • @STORMY0O
    @STORMY0O 22 дні тому +4

    I just love your work! Thank you for sharing.

    • @francoismarc3
      @francoismarc3  22 дні тому

      Hey, I love your comments! Thanks so much for dropping by always!:)

  • @jungaeryum1913
    @jungaeryum1913 13 днів тому +1

    today’s your story will be helpful to many people.!! ❤

    • @francoismarc3
      @francoismarc3  12 днів тому

      I really hope so! I'm trying to be informative for people interested in Korea!!

    • @jungaeryum1913
      @jungaeryum1913 11 днів тому

      @ I am sorry I don’t understand what is informative and I I am a Korean and I am living in America now….l

    • @jungaeryum1913
      @jungaeryum1913 11 днів тому

      @@francoismarc3 I think Korean government paid you money for you are doing ahis work.. you are not bot exhausting to making a video and you need study to information for yourself. Sometimes I get jealous of the person who speaks Korean better than me.

  • @창공-c8s
    @창공-c8s 22 дні тому +8

    한국은 관광으로 먹고 사는 나라가 아닙니다
    "로마에 가면 로마법을 따르라고 그들에게 말해 주세요"
    😂

    • @francoismarc3
      @francoismarc3  22 дні тому

      This saying works in every situation hahah

  • @PaulKekaiManansala
    @PaulKekaiManansala 21 день тому +3

    Near Gangnam Station and other nearby areas , they have some that are appropriately shaped like coffee cups. 🙂

    • @francoismarc3
      @francoismarc3  21 день тому

      I bet when you saw them you were super shocked lol. They are definitely a rarity hahaah

    • @PaulKekaiManansala
      @PaulKekaiManansala 20 днів тому

      @@francoismarc3 yep, they're very rare. Like you, a friend and I had to figure out that the Myeongdong vendors are supposed to collect your trash.

  • @harrisonyoo7890
    @harrisonyoo7890 23 дні тому +3

    I thought you lived in Korea for 14 years, not 12. And at the 0:27, those garbage bags are left out to be picked by waste management companies. It is same in Japan as well.

    • @francoismarc3
      @francoismarc3  23 дні тому

      I've lived in Seoul for 12 years. Korea for 14:) And nice! I didn't know that about Japan! I guess the cultures are a bit similar!!

    • @harrisonyoo7890
      @harrisonyoo7890 23 дні тому

      @@francoismarc3 If one has been in Korea for 14 years, people would expect one would know the countries and cultures nearby Korea as well (although not as much as the very place lived..). I think one who lived in the same country for 14 years would expected to be second natured...

    • @harrisonyoo7890
      @harrisonyoo7890 23 дні тому

      Long story short, I think you are Korean, that's the expectation for that length of years. And it would be nice to see you speak in Korean like other people who speak fluent Korean..

  • @mark_gbkr
    @mark_gbkr 22 дні тому +1

    I found one public trash can at one of the main bus stops in Ilsan but they are very rare.

  • @BrianCatalano
    @BrianCatalano 21 день тому +2

    This is such a strange cultural difference, it seems like they would have some high tech trash receptacles that separate waste automatically with bots that empty them or something but the craziest thing is theres no trash cans and the city is so clean... So maybe that article was right, which is counterintuitive!

    • @francoismarc3
      @francoismarc3  20 днів тому +1

      Right? Lol I would think Korea had some super fancy technology to clean their waste, but it's good they try to beautiful landfills and stuff. I don't understand how having fewer trash cans makes the city clean, but it's working lol

  • @skatingcanuck9837
    @skatingcanuck9837 22 дні тому +2

    In Japan they have a similar system without trash cans and they actually discourage you from walking while you eat and encourage you to finish it at the business and throw the waste out there. I have noticed on videos that the places that do have some litter is in tourist areas, for example disrespectful tourists will go to Bukcheon Hanok village and leave their litter on the steps of private homes! Local residents have had a lot of problems with noisy tourists who leave trash.
    Back in the day in Paris there were bomb threats so a lot of trash cans and storage lockers were removed for security reasons. In our subways in my city the trash bins are clear bags that are open. I am not sure if that is for security issues or to prevent people from dumping person trash bags. The ironic thing is that the places that have a lot of trash bins also seem to have the most litter. People are just too lazy to use the right bins for garbage/ recycling or just litter. The meticulous recycling system in Korea would never work in North America where the society is too individualistic. Korea also just doesn't have the land mass to have huge landfill sites.

    • @francoismarc3
      @francoismarc3  22 дні тому +1

      You made a lot of great points. When I was in Osaka, I made the mistake of taking my snack with me to eat as I was walking...many Japanese people looked at me like I was crazy hahah. I learned that I should eat at the establishment because there would be a trash bin there. Not many people walk around eating in Japan. And right, Korea doesn't have much space, so the meticulous garbage sorting is needed. Yeah, it's not gonna work at all in the States hahah

    • @shoshw9328
      @shoshw9328 22 дні тому +2

      @@francoismarc3- it’s funny, because I was just talking about this issue with a Korean friend yesterday.
      As someone who usually stays at an Airbnb, it was extremely confusing sorting trash and recycling, because it’s so different from how it’s handled in Seattle. (I did a lot of searching online for info and also consulted my friend 진아 on numerous occasions, sending her pictures of things that mystified me.) I.e., in Seattle we have “yard waste bins” that can be used for grass clippings, food waste and things like food-soiled pizza boxes and paper napkins. Food waste includes chicken bones, fish bones, eggshells, banana peels, and citrus peel, because it’s used to create compost (rather than feed livestock).
      What’s more, there’s a website in 19 other languages besides English that tells exactly how to dispose of a myriad of items: www.seattle.gov/utilities/your-services/collection-and-disposal/where-does-it-go#/a-z
      I really wish Seoul had a similar website. I also wish it provided a pamphlet for foreigners explaining the reasoning behind its recycling and trash policies. I think people would be willing to comply if they understood how things work in Korea.

    • @francoismarc3
      @francoismarc3  22 дні тому +1

      @shoshw9328 That sounds like a need I can fulfill!!!

    • @skatingcanuck9837
      @skatingcanuck9837 22 дні тому

      @@francoismarc3 Thank you! I remember years ago in Toronto we had a garbage strike. All our garbage was being shipped to a town up north. I think the city was running out of space and had to find a closer more convenient landfill and the new potential town was protesting. Imagine having to live in a town where you have to deal with smell of garbage from a big city! They must have hated all Torontonians! Back to the point about carrying food in public. I think in Korea you are not supposed to bring strong smelling food on planes. Hopefully any subway sandwiches I have brought didn't bother anyone, but just as much as misbehaving kids can affect other passengers so can food. I don't love being beside someone on the subway eating a takeout dinner.

    • @skatingcanuck9837
      @skatingcanuck9837 22 дні тому

      @@shoshw9328 There are calenders here in my city that explain things and a website, but things are always changing and the rules are still confusing. During the pandemic they stopped accepting kleenex tissues for fear or covid spread, but I was one of the only ones who knew this. I am not sure if they are no accepted again. The information is only useful if people follow it, but I live in Canada in an individualist society.

  • @Nonamedesuda
    @Nonamedesuda 22 дні тому +3

    서울 시민 입장에서 쓰레기통이 적은 게 불편하지 않아요. 쓰레기통이 없는 일본 여행에서도 불편하지 않았네요. 이미 익숙해졌나. 집에서 쓰레기를 버리고, 어딘가에서 뭘 먹으면 그 장소(카페나 편의점 등)에서 버리고 와요. 여행지에서는 가지고 와서 숙소에서 버려도 됩니다.
    전 Hongdae 쪽에 사는데 외국인 관광객들이 저의 집 앞에도 버리는 걸 많이 봐서 쓰레기통이 많아지면 쓰레기가 정리가 안됩니다(특히 저처럼 관광객이 많이 오는 동네)
    외국인 관광객을 위한 나라가 아니라 여기 사는 사람이 먼저입니다. 그건 어느 나라나 마찬가지고요. 나라마다 생활 스타일이나 관습이 다르니 관광객은 따르는게 맞습니다. 제가 일본이나 미국 홍콩 등에 여행가서 그 나라 룰을 따랐던 것처럼요.

  • @이뿜-n9k
    @이뿜-n9k 22 дні тому +4

    대한외국인 프랑소와님😊
    대한민국 줄임말(abbreviation)= 한국
    대한민국인=한국인
    추가로 한국은 음식물 쓰레기 처리와 그 활용에 있어서도 세계적으로 인정 받고 있어요.
    오늘은 생각지도 못한 입술 쪽쪽 소리를 3번이나 받았네요😘😘😘 👍 영상 잘 봤어요 항상 감기 조심하세요

    • @francoismarc3
      @francoismarc3  22 дні тому

      Hey!! Thanks so much for the comment! You taught me something!:) And yes, there was a surprise hahaha thank you for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed:) Please be safe and don't catch a cold either!:)

  • @jillthompson6110
    @jillthompson6110 23 дні тому +2

    Just carry a back pack with a plastic bag inside and keep all trash there, then recycle them when you get home. That's what I'm planning to do when I visit there. I'm guessing the government wants you to recyle the trash due to the fact Korea lacks space for landfills. I'm sure a densely populated country will have lots of neighborhoods who don't a landfill in their back yards. Also, if they install trash cans on public streets, then it's more difficult to recycle the trash.

    • @francoismarc3
      @francoismarc3  22 дні тому

      Yo, this a very good practical solution I didn't think of. Appreciate it!!

  • @bohyunyoo5855
    @bohyunyoo5855 22 дні тому +1

    To answer your Q, 대한민국=republic of korea. 한국=korea. 대한민국인=people's republic of korea(?? if it makes any sense?) 한국인=korean. We usually indicate ourselves as 한국인. 대한민국인 is little awkward.
    I liked your insight on this issue. I can see not only many tourists but even koreans be annoyed by it. I personally feel it's uncomfortable not being able to find as many trash cans out. When I'm out, MY BAG always becomes a trash can..=) I guess all things have pros and cons...
    Stay warm, Francois!

    • @francoismarc3
      @francoismarc3  21 день тому

      Thank you for adding this information. I understand well now:) You stay warm as well. It's getting colder every day!!

  • @Alex-zh2qe
    @Alex-zh2qe 22 дні тому +1

    As locals, we normally don't end up creating a trash somehow on a daily basis lol but still we have clean roads and streets right, so koreans thought that was unnecessary or some. Whereever we go like u said koreans mostly trash it in the restaurant, public washrooms, any buildings they enter that have trashcans. I hope they put more public trash cans in touristy spots, at least tho.

    • @francoismarc3
      @francoismarc3  22 дні тому +2

      This is crazy... a city of this size and the streets are very clean. Unbelievable...I really like how Koreans want to keep their areas clean!:)

    • @Alex-zh2qe
      @Alex-zh2qe 22 дні тому +1

      ​@@francoismarc3I think it’s a SK education system thing like teaching us from a young age since the kindergarten to avoid littering and protect the environment that worked successfully😂 idk

    • @francoismarc3
      @francoismarc3  22 дні тому +1

      @Alex-zh2qe Whatever it is, I like it!!:)

  • @옥슈슈-w1b
    @옥슈슈-w1b 23 дні тому +4

    서울내 외국인 관광객이 많은 특정 지역 몇몇에 다시 쓰레기통이 놓여질 거라 합니다.

    • @francoismarc3
      @francoismarc3  23 дні тому +1

      Oh, I think that would be a good idea! Many foreigners don't know what to do with the trash hahaah

  • @dummygirl1201
    @dummygirl1201 23 дні тому +1

    It's quite annoying in Tokyo, too.
    It's Chicago, bro. You know they're trying to get rid of the gun after criminal activity, probably running from the scene and didn't wanna get caught with it in their possession 🤷🏻‍♀️

    • @francoismarc3
      @francoismarc3  23 дні тому +1

      In Tokyo as well? We'll, I guess I should've known these two countries would share similarities in some things.
      And right, Chicago is...well, another world. I hear stories often about that city from my godparents and some friends. I'll stay in Seoul.

    • @dummygirl1201
      @dummygirl1201 23 дні тому

      @francoismarc3 Yeah, Chicago is ghetto af. It's known for homicides and bed bugs. The locals are flakey, passive aggressive, and 2 faced, the food is nasty, there's nothing to do, and tbh, the cold is the least of your worries. Atlanta is 50 times better. You have 3 choices in Chicago- become an alcoholic, become a sports fan, or become an alcoholic sports fan 🤣

  • @yubongsong6791
    @yubongsong6791 22 дні тому +3

    Hello Francois.
    "Hanminjok" refers to people who have yellow skin and speak Korean, and in 1897 during the Joseon Dynasty, the name "Joseon" was changed to "Daehan" and the name of the country was called "Daehan Empire". Then, in 1919, during the Japanese colonial period, the provisional government established a new democratic republic and decided to call it "Republic of Korea", and after liberation, it became the official name of the country in 1948.
    In English, it is The Republic of Korea and abbreviated as "Korea".

    • @francoismarc3
      @francoismarc3  22 дні тому

      Thank you for this little culture and history lesson! I did not know this!!

    • @Wandrative
      @Wandrative 22 дні тому +2

      No its not. It just means 'Korean Ethnicity'. Not all 'yellow skin' people are ethnic Korean, and ethnic Koreans who don't speak Korean are also ethnic Koreans. So if a Han Chinese speaks Korean that person suddenly becomes ethnic Korean? Ridiculous. Also, Koreans don't have 'yellow skin' in the first place - your comment is very weird on the first line.

    • @Wandrative
      @Wandrative 22 дні тому

      @@francoismarc3 Its because its false. Hanminjok means 'ethnic korean', which has nothing to do with speaking Korean, but rather has everything to do with ancestry and genetics. Another weird thing that the commenter is trying to imply here is that any 'Asian' (a grouping of completely unrelated peoples) who happen to speak Korean suddenly becomes ethnic Korean.

  • @Tiana888
    @Tiana888 22 дні тому +1

    😔 waste management is an issue in Mongolia. It’s getting better and our neighbourhood now has that time pick up schedule. …on a side note in someone countries I saw they have Biohazard Syringe dispenser at their toilets as a lot of people go have to take syringe medication.

    • @francoismarc3
      @francoismarc3  22 дні тому

      I didn't think about syringes for medication! Good call!!! Did Mongolia have bad waste management before?

    • @jinmo2821
      @jinmo2821 20 днів тому

      Those "sharps boxes" are for street people who use recreational drug.

  • @Amugae777-zy3on
    @Amugae777-zy3on 22 дні тому +1

    I heard the waste management in Korea is done by government not by private company. I suspect that each household does not get billed for the trash svc. If each home gets billed & paid for their trash p/u, they won't be carrying their trash all the way to public trash cans to dump them. Free trash service leads to this. They're trying to avoid those illegal dumps by removing trash cans. But obviously it's not working. They do need to place more trash cans! period.

    • @francoismarc3
      @francoismarc3  22 дні тому +2

      I'm not sure if the trash is government or run by private companies, but I think it's the government. We have to pay for our trash bags at the markets, so I guess that's how the government pays for the waste management service. More trash cans in tourists area would be great!!

  • @koreanspiderman7908
    @koreanspiderman7908 22 дні тому

    이번주 일요일 오후 2시에 전북 전주시에 있는 전주월드컵경기장에서 전북현대 vs 서울E랜드 승강PO가 있습니다. 이 경기를 보러 전주월드컵경기장에 가서 응원하고 즐기는 모습을 보여주세요. 전주에 가서 전주비빔밥도 먹고, 축구도 보면 정말 좋은 추억을 남기는 영상을 만들 수 있겠네요. 12월 8일 일요일에 전주로 ㄱㄱ

  • @jillthompson6110
    @jillthompson6110 23 дні тому +1

    Video at 3:00 minute mark, no Korean found on the signs. Just Chinese and English. Now we all know who those street cart vendors are targeting as customers.

    • @moonlightk4058
      @moonlightk4058 23 дні тому

      그곳은 한국이니까 글씨가없어도 구매가능합니다😂
      저곳은 외국인이 많이 방문하는곳이고 한국인들도 즐겨가는곳입니다

    • @francoismarc3
      @francoismarc3  22 дні тому

      Hahaha possibly

  • @어디론가가즈아
    @어디론가가즈아 22 дні тому

    안녕하세요 Marc님, 이번주 일요일 2시에 전주월드컵경기장에서 전북현대 vs 서울Eland 승강PO경기가 열립니다. Marc님께서 이 경기를 보러 전주에 가서 전주비빔밥 먹방도 영상도 찍으면서 좋은 추억을 남기고, 전주월드컵경기장에서 승강PO 경기도 관람하면서 스낵도 먹고, 즐거운 추억을 남기는 Marc님의 모습을 영상으로 보고 싶어요. 그리고 일요일에 KBS에서도 이 경기를 생중계합니다. 그래서 Marc님께서 꼭 좀 전주월드컵경기장에 가서 서울Eland 또는 전북현대를 응원하는 모습을 보여주세요. 한국축구 리그의 문화를 체험해주세요. 정말로 경기장에서 응원이 재미있을 것입니다.

    • @창공-c8s
      @창공-c8s 16 днів тому

      @@어디론가가즈아 닉이 도대체 몇개야?
      너 한국인 아니지?

    • @어디론가가즈아
      @어디론가가즈아 5 днів тому

      @@창공-c8s 한국인 맞는데 ㅋㅋ 그리고 닉이 도대체 몇개라는 것은 무슨 개소리야?

  • @함은정-s2b
    @함은정-s2b 20 днів тому

    안녕하세요 오빠, 부탁이 있습니다. Go to Jeonju worldcup stadium because Jeonbuk Hyundai vs Seoul E-Land match will be hosted in Jeonju worldcup stadium at 02:00 P.M. on Sunday(8th December). Go to Jeonju. It is very important match..

    • @창공-c8s
      @창공-c8s 16 днів тому

      🙈🙈😄😄Chinese 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @함은정-s2b
      @함은정-s2b 16 днів тому

      @@창공-c8s ?????? 갑자기 뜬금없이 왜 중국??

  • @Macho1291
    @Macho1291 22 дні тому +1

    Yo fran im macho :D

  • @Trinity3-75
    @Trinity3-75 22 дні тому +1

    ❤The reason - we have to buy trash bag , seperate plastics , bottles , unusualable plastics .... To reduce and reclycle the trashes better , there are not enough trash cans. The companies cleaning the street and gather the trashes from House holds , they make money from selling trash bags.
    When you dump the trashes , you use a trash bag , right? ❤❤❤

  • @ssul-uncle
    @ssul-uncle 22 дні тому +1

    오히려 90년대 중반까지는 모든 지하철역에 쓰레기 통이 많이 있었고, 거리에도 쓰레기통이 정말 많았어요
    근데 다들 쉬쉬하고 있지만 진짜 이유는 한국여성들이 그 시기에 집안 쓰레기까지 거리에 있는 쓰레기통에 버리기도했고 쓰레기 종량제가 실시 된 이후 더 심해져서 결국 거리에 있는 쓰레기 통이 대부분 사라지는 결과로 이어진 겁니다

    • @francoismarc3
      @francoismarc3  21 день тому

      Hey, thanks so much for this information!!!!:)

  • @speakupyt4900
    @speakupyt4900 22 дні тому +3

    When you live in another country, you should respect their rules and customs, pls don't bring your own customs
    and compare them to them and ask them to change for you because it's inconvenient.
    ✔우리는 이미 실험을 했다. 거리에 쓰레기통이 많을수록 쓰레기통 주변에 쓰레기가 더 많아지고,
    쓰레기통을 제거한 후 거리가 훨씬 깨끗해졌습니다.
    당신의 말이 맞다면~ 왜 뉴욕과 LA, UK 대도시등 에는 쓰레기통이 더 많은데 거리는 한국보다 더럽습니까?

    • @francoismarc3
      @francoismarc3  22 дні тому +1

      Yes. In this video, I am explaining to people why something is different. Not asking anyone to change. Thanks.