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badexampleforagrownup
we have this in germany too
SometimesAfox
same in denmark
tarkus10
Hi Norway! We're America! Are you for Sale?!
Ndadn
Lote of People collect the empties in Germany too. Some people leave them next to the trash can, since people will search inside.
Grievuuz
In Denmark we've had this too, but this year it's being expanded to like 400 more kinds of plastic bottles in the war on plastic polution.
ExtraJudicial
It's how I got new school clothes growing up in Michigan
andyanders1191
Its sad that people need to collect bottles for a living
willdanceforbeer
I can’t help but admire the combination of efficiency and good heartedness that people in many European countries possess. Keep it up.
JustinSane6
In the US they have invented trash cans with locking chutes so the poor can’t go digging around in them. ‘Murica! Land of the free!
toastamardeproxl
In montreal on recycling days, you leave a different bag with those in it and ppl will pick it up during the night before it gets collected.
JamesJabberwocky
german here, not all the bins, but increasingly more-
GeneralNuclear
As a Norwegian can confirmed everyone do it here. Saves us a whole lot of money.
SemperFiZero
We have these in Vancouver and surrounding cities as well.
Braderz1357
In the UK we have a thing called the floor. Really effective place to dump trash. Super convenient
JesusofMethlehem
If a deposit was charged on all bottles / containers, many more would be recycled. Bought my first motorcycle with recycled bottle money.
dovebair
It's almost like we could use responsibly, recycle properly, and provide people with a universal basic income to avoid trash dives?
anotherDane27
Everywhere in Copenhagen
Zivethy
In Germany we get money for recycling them too and here the general rule just is to put them next to the trash bins. Those holders are cool.
TheStoneMask
Plenty of places pay you for bottles and cans. We get 16kr for each here in Iceland.
Smegminator
How much is that in norwegian kr?
AK90
1.16 NOK according to valuta.se :P
AK90
1Kr here in Sweden. 2L bottles are 2Kr
ajchafe
We get money back in Canada but that holder idea is great. Never seen it where I live. Good stuff
Mitheral
Lots of place in BC have little baskets hung on the side of public cans to deposit returnables in for the people collecting.
Senorhuxtable
Vancouver has a bunch, our bottle economy is as big as TO or Montreal, but we don't have as harsh winters
ThePerks2010
How did the Vikings become the sensible people?
TheWombatStrikesAgain
The stupid people got themselves killed abroad, while the sensible ones stayed home.
Taltaron
The raiders settled in other countries
Skuggen
We stole the sensible from other countries.
ThePerks2010
Explains Scotland then...
kevinbaken
We only have returns on beer/wine/booze bottles. They need to start charging a deposit for pop cans.
Doolally
In Estonia it's beer, soda, water but not wine or booze
storysails
No returns on wine bottles in CA anymore. WACK!
KoolStoryBrah
Can’t believe no one commented on “pop”. Hello fellow Midwesterner. Grew up in OH, but living in CA so I had to force myself so say soda.
Alistairetheblu
It's pop in at least most of Canada too. https://dabrownstein.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/coke-in-the-world.jpg
Kbantar
I've heard that term used a bit here in Oregon though it is more often soda.
thedon89
They charge a deposit for anything carbonated in Michigan
khora
poprocks?
HalloweenIsMyBirthday
that’s weird! in california they charge a deposit for all drinks including glass plastic aluminum
thedon89
I honestly don't know why they don't do that here, it would make more sense
OrangeRanger
They do here in Iowa! :D
YouJustGotRickRolled
Most countries have this, it's a deposit system where you pay extra for bottles, and can get it back. Norway is about 100x more per bottle
nordnorge
Well maybe other countries find that expensive but here its not a big deal, but 1-3kr pr bottle aint bad. Many uses it as a saving method.
YouJustGotRickRolled
Accidentally added one 0 too many
YouJustGotRickRolled
Than the US if i remember correctly, so it's a bigger incentive to recycle them here
unimportantname
It's 5-10 cents per bottle in 11 of the 50 states.
BorkBorkasson
In Norway, 1/2 liter or less is 2 nok (roughly a quarter) and for bottles of more, it’s 3 nok (about 35c). Just about all bottles have it.
IGetNoScopes
They also pay a lot more in taxes
Sleep24Seven
Meanwhile in the UK we put poles/spikes down in places where rough sleepers go. Let's not forget the fines too.
fuselfluppe
Seen it in Germany too, that's just fighting a symptom and meanwhile ignoring the cause.
Zahnradfee
Yeah, Germany also has anti-homeless-architecture. But civilized members of society still put the bottles next to the trash and not inside.
NoFudge
This has nothing to do with the homeless though. It's about reducing environmental damage.
Se7enPr1me
thats the queens bench, get offit peasant! *sound of a nightstick whacking*
TheWombatStrikesAgain
The homeless have bigger problems, with the Tories planning to cut them in half.
TooOldToBeRealLife
Iunderstoodthatreference.gif
Wankathon
As a brit, The UK is an incredibly backwards and arrogant country.
Snooj
It's a tough call to make. We don't have deterrents in Maine so much but we do have people who piss and throw trash in font of businesses.
MissSiesta
If only they could stop being so damn POOR. it's their own fault, really.
guntbagmunkball
Man the UK sucks a bag of dicks for recycling. Barrs discontinued their 20p return policy on glass bottles. We're going backwards.
TTKR
How insightful
guntbagmunkball
IMJ64
As someone who's studied architecture, I was quite shocked too when I came to the UK. It's so pervasive too.
IllIlIIlllIIIlllIIIllllIlllIIIll
As someone with eyes I noticed this also
StonesOnTheHill
Sweden has these neat bottle stuff, but we also have rough rocks under overpasses and stuff to keep people from resting there.
Hezaethox
Isn't it only to encourage them to go to shelters so they won't freeze to death in Winter though?
Zahnradfee
If they shelters were so great, they would go there voluntarily.
tomyironmane
On one hand, probably. On the other, don't you suppose there's a few people out there who ain't of sound mind?
InDubiousBattle
Oh, we have them in the US too. Sometimes it is more subtle than spikes, but the anti-homeless architecture is all over. In SF too.
UltraBooster
I see its working great
JJI7
More common than you think, though most places are more subtle about it. Those slopped benches: more expensive, but hard to sleep on.
ReadOnlyMemories
Probably sloped, but sloppy benches sounds more interesting.
guntbagmunkball
Train station/bus stop seats are fucking shite too. I despise that malicious design shite that you see everywhere.
Nathanyel
Well glad we kicked you out of the EU!
prodmerc
That's... Not what happened... And it hasn't happened yet -_-
PrincessMoonicorn
That's not quite how it worked but I'll allow it!
guntbagmunkball
Please explain how you arrived at this opinion.
selkieselk
Brit here. Brit politicians are a shower of corrupt, lying, shiftless, racist fucksticks that everyone hates. The Brit people chose 1/
selkieselk
these cunts as representions of us. Consequently EU countries think we're twats & can't wait to be shot of us. I agree with them /2
guntbagmunkball
I was only referring to the idea that the EU kicked us out. We were given every opportunity to stay.
Nathanyel
I guess my sarcasm was just too subtle, even for Brits :)
ConEle
It's really sick as a Brit to have been to places like Finland and see how well these schemes work and then to come home and look at us
TTKR
Easier to manage when you are Finland. Dealing with both of their homeless people is easier than finding food and shelter for millions
atomiccheesegod
Finland is also in the arctic circle, you wouldn’t have many people sleepin on the streets there regardless
lobosrul
Actually, only a relatively small sparsely populated section is above the Arctic circle.
StapMeVittles
And yet people keep voting for a Tory government......
BuddahsBrother
Well, we've not had a chance for a while, they just keep voting themselves in.
CheekyBreeki
Shhh everyone knows homeless people are evil!
acktually
Right? They could just stop being homeless and buy a house.
CheekyBreeki
They have cardboard boxes...that's prime real estate. They should sell up for a profit. Capitalism works for everyone
Ryanator50
Or at least don't let the Americans know the British are just as bad
LurkerOfDarkness
They expend their vast resources to destroy society...
FrozenCoast
They are mostly mentally ill and very messy. I can see businesses not wanting them nearby when gov’t doesn’t take proper care.
CheekyBreeki
Awwww poor companies not wanting messy PEOPLE CLEARLY IN NEED OF AID near their lovely businesses
DarkSock
In America we could have this, but for spent shell casings
ItsNotASchoonerItsASailboat
I'm on long island, 711 around the corner from me has one
evilcarp
I did that the last time I was unemployed. When out to the desert and picked up brass. Was well worth the trip.
Onlinejeremy
There needs to be more “guns for the homeless” programs.
DarkSock
And homes for the gunless programs!
AGiantSlor
Hell, the range rats scour the ground for casings for free why not make a buck off it?
Sekai
A lot of places in America do pay for recyclables..never seen the trash cans with holders though
captainclutch
Did you know often on govdeals you can buy literally dumpsters full of spent casings from government ranges?
Sporkeldee
Lake city brass too. Good stuff
4hybrid4
There’s a program in south Texas that takes old shotgun shells and reloads them.
dailycupofjoe
... And in 10% of homes in southeast outside main cities
IDiddleFishDaily
I do this with 12ga 308 223 243 30-30 and 38special
Zipbang
We had one at my school.
TheOnlyPtylerdactyl
alexanderthemaybegreat
There actually is good money in selling off brass.
Jess105804
The gun range my dad goes to actually keeps people from collecting spent shells so people don’t blow themselves up making cheap ones
ShaydeLiger
I bet they just keep it so they can make profits for range upkeep.
goatfkersdidnothingwrong
Used bras sell better than used brass.
norwad
Especially if they aren't empty.
atomiccheesegod
Every range I’ve ever worked at recycles their brass, it’s how they make a decent % of their cash.
Brostoteles
I'm norwegian and I've never seen this.
IWatchBirdsForALiving
Seconded.
fondalashay
I've seen them around Stavanger and Oslo :) Whish that the kommunes had them on every trash can!
ForestRed
We have similar stuff in southern Norway
Colopty
Yeah they're fairly rare. We do have people collecting bottles though, people tend to check if they have bottles to give if they see one.
Whatisthisafontsizeforants
You are one of five million norwegians. I feel you alone are not representative for the population.
Yuletider
They are everywhere in Oslo :)
RepresentativeOfNorway
Hi i am the representative, Nobody has ever seen these anywhere.
Deusmax
Norwegian here. Never seen this...
mijuste
Im Norwegian and I too have never seen this
ScaredWrench
I’m from Norway too and have never seen it either. Odds are improving.
Whatisthisafontsizeforants
2 down, 4999998 to go. Anyone else?
sedsberg
Yes, me.
IslandwindofWaterfall
I seen’t it!
myUsernameWasAlreadyTakenAndIHaveAcceptedMyFate
I'm Danish, I see them from time to time, doesn't seem like a long shot that Norway had them too
Whatisthisafontsizeforants
Seriously tho, I've seen these in more and more parks is Oslo at least
damnthisusernameshit
Also a Norwegian, never seen this either..
nordnorge
Im also norwegian, dont have this in Tromsø
IgnoreMeIfYouWant
San Francisco, California has had these forever.
They also have a profit making composting program.
PirateofthePancreas
Hey im moving to San Fran soon and am really excited
Deathwing777
Every trash can I saw when I was there last month was completely filled and over flowing.
mbparcell24
Its a trap. Once they grab an item, they can't get their hand out while holding it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jBgo7UipqY
bakminn360
It's really just a crap city.
jaybird85
Yeah, they also go around loving the smell of eachother's fart, so there's that...
wastedpoptart
That is an overly aggressive looking trash can.
Maaster1
Yeah, that’s where people’s cigarette butts go
clintwestwud
San Fran also has a waste removing specialist. they go around the city removing/pressure washing human feces from the roads and sidewalks.
fredthebadger
Yeah, it's so much cheaper than building more public bathrooms and dealing with complaints about 'encouraging the homeless problem'
UglyHorribleGrouchyOldMan
The biggest recycling chain (ReCycle) in California went out of business this month.
dumbinsults
I believe the problem is single-stream. It's too expensive to sort and still ends up too contaminated.
ChristianSalge
dont forget china isn't buying our garbage anymore
VictoryIsAnOption
I learned about it from this comment. It's RePlanet. This sucks because I had a lot of recycling saved up and meant go to my local location.
atomiccheesegod
Local news caught our recycling center just dumping the refuse into the landfill, said it’s too hard and not cost effective to recycle it
nero4ty2
i wish more big cities composted, could cut down on so much waste
MyDixieWrecked69
Composte is waste
nero4ty2
fine, cut down on waste that goes to a landfill instead of being reused to benefit others
AnimalxAlli
It absolutely isn't. It's excellent nitrogen rich fertilizer for gardens, and could eliminate the need for artificial fertilizer.
IMTHEONEWHOSTOLEALLOFTHECOOKIESFROMTHECOOKIEJAR
Isn’t there a way to generate power as well from it? I heard something about it a while back, but my memory is foggy
Leithoa
You can compost or biodigest to methane. Digester waste can be used as compost but it's much less fertile than compost.
Mairoa
My area does that. Makes compost to sell/use in parks and uses the gas it creates to make power
erikna
My city runs district heating on garbage and the whole public transport sector on compost derived biogas.
erikna
And the bacterias making biogas also make heat which is used in district heating. Bacteria eaten compost is used as a fertilizer.
Mack1986
San Francisco also smells more like a toilet then an overnight subway car
AIComments
It's a crowed urban city. The only one I've been to that doesn't smell like urine in some places in Tokyo.
BoooBerry
But it's "empathetic.". ?
thismakesmefeelgoodinmypants
Than*. And why the hostility?
Mack1986
Some homeless asshole whipped his dick out and pissed on the window my wife and were seated at while eating on a trip in 2010
spiffylookingnerfherder
If you have a better solution I'd love to hear it.
atomiccheesegod
The worst thing the U.S did was shut down all of the mental asylums instead of reforming them. The people dont go away they go on the street
spiffylookingnerfherder
I agree. They should have been reformed, not abolished.
MyLittleVenus
Cool city. Never seen more homeless people in my life.
atomiccheesegod
Seattle and Portland aren’t much better, I watched a disturbed homeless man whip out his penis and piss not 10ft in front of me in Seattle.
Deathwing777
Yeah, I think Seattle is worse than San Francisco in terms of number of homeless and how crazy they are.
Valchitsa
Saw one in Seattle screaming at the sidewalk while wiping his ass. Had to take a different route so our kids didn't have to see it too.
Valchitsa
My bro works in Portland and has a homeless guy that runs into the main glass door at night pretending to be a werewolf or some shit.
Deathwing777
Just visited, depending where you go it can be nice. Unfortunately, the city just has trash everywhere.
NotACop1515IsMyAgeNotACop
Yeah, the people there are pretty bad, but have you seen all the garbage in the streets?
Steven054
They're called homeless people, not garbage.
Unprofessionalphotographer
tcgl
My bro lived there, he came out one day and a homeless guy was peeing on his car door handle. Just why??
Roceiz
Looks like he didnt have a pot to piss in.
fivefingersnothumbs
He was homeless, you think he had his own car to piss on?
elsantipp
He was homeless, not carless
fivefingersnothumbs
Fair, I award you one point.
Nyktorius
MuRiCa. thats why.
Hexeron
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM
Tmissfrizzle
It's that bay life bro
yeahnotbatman
to give you the piss hands, probably
bravecatgaming
I remember hearing about pretty much California in general LA and San Fran just have homeless shitting everywhere
bravecatgaming
To the point they had to hire these poor fucking souls to clean it up
TTKR
I live in Santa Monica. Confirming this statement.
Deathwing777
Yes and no, it depends on where you go. But it does seem to be increasing.
36roentgen
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/03/typhus-tuberculosis-medieval-diseases-spreading-homeless/584380/
36roentgen
It's gotten so bad that Los Angeles is becoming a medieval city.
Deathwing777
Beverly Hills is still nice, so is Manhattan Beach. But you've gotta have money to live there!
ShaydeLiger
I visited my brother earlier this summer and this isnt even an exaggeration. There are outbreaks of bubonic plague in LA right now.
ShaydeLiger
Chief reason for this is that there are no rodent exterminators. They just catch and release because it's more 'humane'
Lucritas
We have this in Finland too
tommywiseauisfedupwiththisworld
(Me about to make a bunch of Finns and Norwegians mad) “Aren’t this the same country?”
TMP5
MITÄ VITTUA?...
TMP5
suomi-kokous kommenteissa! heippa kaikki saatanan internetaddiktit.
ramram70
Yes we have a recycling reward in Finland but not those holders. At least I've never seen one.
Mutru
Not very common around here but I have seen 'em in some parks. Usually people just leave the used cans and bottles on the lawn to be picked.
blockedtrem
Cause Finland rocks.
noname8
in finland
Hanasakke
15 cents per can, 10 cents per glass bottle, 20 cents for under 1liter plastic bottle, and 40 cents for over 1liter plastic bottle
Hanasakke
In Finland that is. You can get quite a nice amount of money especially during summer just by collecting empty bottles.
jaboiLD
Also Oregon. At least Eugene occasionally
VraedenThyrr
Same in Portland, I work downtown and all my coworkers and I leave our bottles on em, it's great!
sharK11
In NYC we have a surplus of homeless so there's no need for these.
Tanhis
As a finn I have newer seen one. So might be that we have one somewhere.
WhoWalksInWhenIWalkOutWithoutMyWalkingStick
Eipä ole tullut vastaan
EXiSTENCEthreshold
En oo Helsingissä ainakaan nähny, oonko vaan sokee?
Hanasakke
Veikkaan että meinas pullonpalautus systeemiä
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Hanasakke
Jahas, enpä oo tommosta ennen nähnykkään. Ei oo landelle ainakaan rantautunu vielä
Kidsplayingwithawoodenduck
we do?
slimmunddaniel
We have the holders in Copenhagen too
intolerable
tmslait6
Kirkkopuisto!
intolerable
Torille! Jyväskylän siis tietenkin!
Maitis
I live in Espoo, never seen one? WHERE ARE THEY HIDDEN?!?
Shibato
We should have this in Germany too. Damn.
CirB
The recycling system yeah, but not these holders for bottles & cans. I've been wondering why for ages!
oldmanperspective
In America people would put their dog shit bags in those
KeyLimeAnxiety
Where do you live that people pick up their dog shit?
oldmanperspective
Ha true. They only pick it up with a bag when others are watching then throw the bag anywhere when no one isn’t. USA
shahbrahdaman
And Vancouver Canada
torillatavataan
Not the holders though.
Speedgovernor
As a finnish person
SteveLookather
Turpa kii ja torille
PerunaParoni
Tarkotti varmaan pantteja eikä telinettä
drame
Denmark too
somethingawesomeandgreat
Häh, en oo koskaan huomannut
intolerable
Ne ei oo ihan tollasia, ne on sellaisia putkia!
pavlovsredrocketcock
No one cares what Finland has, statistically it doesn't exist
muranolamp
Wow. That was rude :(
pavlovsredrocketcock
It was an obscure reference to a 4chan text... But yes also rude, fair point
beardedbeerdeer
Same here in Lithuania. €0.10 per can/bottle. Could do with the holders. Saw an old lady rummaging through trash cans a while back 1/
beardedbeerdeer
She didn't look homeless, just poor. It broke my heart seeing her have to dehumanize herself like that just to make a living. 2/2
beardedbeerdeer
A massive chunk of retired folks live just above the poverty line here, since most young potential tax payers fuck off abroad.
Haemaelaeinen
We have perfectly well ppl doing this in Finland. Kids especially. They have to claw things to pick up stuff. Alcoholics recycle their own.
Robertslipstick
In Denmark too!
zombiejedediah
But we can't sell you Greenland, sorry. It's not for sale, says the Greenland government.
dickcworld
It's all about the pant man!
JokyDemon
And Iceland!
Fatclaw
So Finland, Denmark and Norway has these but Sweden doesnt't, shame.
OneWithEveryThing
We most definetly do have this concept here aswell.
PoopThisPoopThatPoopYou
Sweden have it as well.
Chillinchin
I live in Denmark and haven't even seen this. We need this more places!
Kaliff
I've mostly seen this in CPH, I think the town I live in only has them on the walking street
TheOrangeLady
I too have never seen them and i live in CPH.
TheOrangeLady
To be fair, i havent looked either.
Justtoberight
Same in Germany. Pfandsystem!
Justtoberight
https://imgur.com/qJISoBQ
TMP5
pullonpalautuspantti. finnish is a great language.
Vergilincrocs
Lies... In germany we don't have containers like those posted by op. Our bottle collectors must search through all the trash.
Justtoberight
https://imgur.com/G1MXGYd
Justtoberight
https://imgur.com/nRxArcR
Justtoberight
https://imgur.com/OivyyLB
Justtoberight
https://imgur.com/9aWNRc8
Justtoberight
There is one just like that in front of my house.
Justtoberight
https://imgur.com/TLuJKw0
Vergilincrocs
Meinetwegen nimm dien Upvote :) In BW hab ich sowas nie gesehen. Schönen Tag noch.
Justtoberight
Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, Freiburg, Offenburg...
MollyNapQueen
Also Sweden. It's a good system.
fluffyou
Yarp, but the ones in my town are tubes stuck on lamp posts in seemingly random places XD
SvarvSven
As a swede, never seen it...
AK90
As a Swede, have seen it! In Katrineholm to be precise :P But also in Stockholm.
SvarvSven
Oh Stockholm, that's my cup of tea!
AK90
My dad works there :P
sirsmeghead
Same here, never seen :(
FredrikGranath1
as a swed i have seen it go malmö ! :D
Inarticulated
As a Swede, stay away from Malmö
idkImSwede
Have seen. Love it!
viludium
But not in Turku? Atleast i haven't seen any there.
ohmygodtheykilledkenny
Haven’t seen them in Helsinki either. Atleast not the areas I visit frequently
overboardAnt
There are some of those holders in jyväskylä
Kidsplayingwithawoodenduck
well it is Turku you are talking about..
PlatypusFeet
Turku thought about implementing them but then decided to expand support for the drunk bastards that hang out between the Lidl and church
PlatypusFeet
Jk, still I really hate them
Hezaethox
But drunk people in the streets is when you know winter has ended. Like migratory birds, only louder.
Haemaelaeinen
I once saw an old woman go to pee behind a bush there... Too bad it was a open grass behind it and she showed her fat, shitty arse to ppl..
PlatypusFeet
I saw a woman screaming at ducks drunk out of her mind at 2 pm on the boardwalk to the other bridge, it's just Turku stuff
Haemaelaeinen
Yeah, the most beautiful of towns.
Ketheres
Well, it IS our asshole, so makes sense
somethingawesomeandgreat
Kemi?
sparkyAnimal
tapa ittes anime runkkari
Ketheres
Sitten töiden jälkeen
TMP5
lupaatko?
fartgirl
Turku yaasss
ireallyenjoybeingnaked
We have these kind of things in Kuopio.
Nahkiis
Oh cool! Guy from Kuopio here too!
TheHellbilly
Tielläkö net lupsakat savolaeset huasteloo?
imaginaryPeppers
Kylypytakki kylypytakki
LegendOfKanye
No voe helevettiläene
ireallyenjoybeingnaked
Kylläpä vuan, justiinsa töestä tulin ja korkkasin kalian, kjeh röh.
Lucritas
I meant the money part not the can holders
AmbroseGudmaker
We used to do that in the UK, it stopped in the early 90s I think.
viludium
Ah, my bad. But we really need those holders here in Finland.
PyllyNalleMissionaries
I just put them on top of the trash cans, easy enough to pick up from there
insongwhang
I just leave them on top of trash cans or at bottom of signs if I can't be arsed to take them with me.
rkaksdeekaks
Yep me too
mornstalk
In Helsinki we have them but those are not usefull because the capacity cannot hold drinking habbits
imaginaryPeppers
Sir, I'm quite sure they don't wish to be called drinking habbits.