I've heard that Switzerland has got really good recycling habits, and that they do a lot of things to help protect the environment.
For garbage bags, you have to stick a sticker on the garbage bag and leave it out in front of your house. One of the little stickers cost around one Canadian dollar, so basically the less you have to throw out, the less money you have to pay. If the garbage men come by and notice that there is not a sticker on the bag, they will just leave it out to rot in front of your house. I, personally, think this is a really AWESOME idea, congratulations for the Swiss!
Also, the Swiss are really organized, and at a lot of parks, in stores and in banks there will be a place where you have to divide your garbage into different slots. There are even different slots for different colours of glass! You have to separate your garbage into white, brown or green glass. After a while, garbage men come to pick up the garbage to recycle it.
All the non-recyclable stuff is sent to a landfill or incinerated, but the technology is so advanced that when burning the garbage, it barely makes any pollution, thus resulting in Switzerland being one of the cleanest countries in the world!
Go Switzerland! I also love Swiss cheese and chocolate, it rivals that of Belgium. :)
For garbage bags, you have to stick a sticker on the garbage bag and leave it out in front of your house. One of the little stickers cost around one Canadian dollar, so basically the less you have to throw out, the less money you have to pay. If the garbage men come by and notice that there is not a sticker on the bag, they will just leave it out to rot in front of your house. I, personally, think this is a really AWESOME idea, congratulations for the Swiss!
Also, the Swiss are really organized, and at a lot of parks, in stores and in banks there will be a place where you have to divide your garbage into different slots. There are even different slots for different colours of glass! You have to separate your garbage into white, brown or green glass. After a while, garbage men come to pick up the garbage to recycle it.
All the non-recyclable stuff is sent to a landfill or incinerated, but the technology is so advanced that when burning the garbage, it barely makes any pollution, thus resulting in Switzerland being one of the cleanest countries in the world!
Go Switzerland! I also love Swiss cheese and chocolate, it rivals that of Belgium. :)
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