I want to go back to Josh when he mocked the lack of homogenized exterior trash bin in New York, saying that you wouldn't have that in Tokyo.
As a Tokyo correspondant for the Kiwi gazette, I would like to inform everyone that we do not have any type of trash bin whatsoever, the trashmen pick up the trash bags by hand and throw them in the back of the truck.
The reason why it's clean nonetheless is that people get the garbage out before 8 AM (usual pick up time) during the garbage day, and it gets picked up not long after. If you are out during the day you won't see garbage because it has already been picked up.
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If you live in an apartment or near a residential association that mandates garbage areas you might have to put your trash bags in a metal container or netted area that are mostly there to prevent crows from opening the bags and putting trash everywhere, but the garbage truck guys will still have to grab them by hand.
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And Tokyo is clean, unlike New York.
The issue isn't the lack of bins, if you see what I mean.
