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by chiara87 2367 days ago
My hometown does that - every household has its own bins (with some form of tracking) and you pay for each time they get emptied during door-to-door collection (faq in Italian https://contarina.it/faq-domande-frequenti/). Needless to say, the population density is not so high, so it works well. The recycling rate is one of the highest in Europe (source https://zerowasteeurope.eu/2015/02/new-case-study-the-story-...)