- Sacks of rubbish left on the street, potentially for many hours (e.g. café closes at 18.00, rubbish is left outside until collection at 05.00-07.00). London has this in some central areas. [0] (took about 3 tries to find this.)
- Individual bins (usually with wheels) for each property, which must be left at the front of the property. It can seem excessive if there's not much space to store them, you end up with a road cluttered with bins. Many towns in Britain have this. Literally the first place I looked [1].
- Almost-individual bins. I saw this somewhere I stayed in Sweden, where one house had the recycling bin, and the next had general waste, and so on. Half as much bin clutter on the street.
- Larger bins, shared between several properties. Much less street space, much less effort for collection. [2] (also London). In many cities in Europe these take up one parking space on each street/block.
- Larger underground bins, which are neatest but presumably the most expensive solution. [3]
[0] https://www.google.com/maps/@51.522472,-0.1188006,3a,75y,50....
[1] https://www.google.com/maps/@53.8093732,-1.5728046,3a,75y,10...
[2] https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4893475,-0.1432088,3a,90y,22...
https://www.npr.org/2017/07/26/539304811/how-new-york-s-roos...
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/02/upshot/nyc-tr...
This is fucking wild. Who in their right mind steals trash bins? What would one even want to do with trash bins?
locally, garbage companies (not sure if just some, or all) scan the barrels and verify they are both at the right address and paid before picking them up.
It's a problem, but it's not such a big problem that anyone wants to actually solve it.