I've said before that Shanghai is a clean city, and the number of rubbish bins around the place helps keep it that way. Most bins are divided into recyclable and non-recyclable compartments, meaning that when one wants to dispose of something casually while walking by a bin (at the same time texting, balancing shopping bags and pushing a pram FOR EXAMPLE...), one needs to employ ultra-swift thinking in order to decide which compartment to throw it into. Does the plastic label around my glass juice bottle and plastic straw inside it mean the whole thing is banished to the non-recyclable bit? Banana skins... compostable yes but recyclable? Plastic shopping bags? All these decisions need to be made in a split second for fear of the pram losing momentum and kids, noticing the change in speed, looking around and wanting to hop out.
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