I have just discovered that those odd waste/recycling bins that are all over the oldest bits of Bergen, Norway, link to an UNDERGROUND PNEUMATIC WASTE TRANSPORT SYSTEM. The waste collects for a bit and then WHOOSH... it's off to the recycling centre. All underground. No bin lorries (garbage trucks), fewer road vehicles, less noise... amazing. @davidho says that my (considerable) excitement about this is entirely unreasonable. I disagree.
https://www.envacgroup.com/how-it-works/the-envac-system/

#climate #waste #Norway

@elithebearded @davidho They say it's a smart system - they're tracking every package of waste as it moves through, so the machines can separate them out at the recycling plant. If you dig through the webpages, it's in there.

@helenczerski @davidho Tracking everything? So if someone puts a can of paint[*] in one, they can later figure out where it came from? Interesting.

[*] Example of a common hazardous material that should not be in stand waste stream.