When You Hear Beethoven, It’s Time to Take Out the Trash (and Mingle)

The first time I visited Taiwan this confused me so much. Why did I hear Fuer Elise at every corner of the city?

> In Taipei, residents were ordered to buy blue government-issued trash bags as part of a “Pay as You Throw” system, effectively creating a tax on producing garbage as an incentive to throw out less.

Same system now, only with pink bags...

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