[danielf]

Funny how the systems vary so much.

Round here we have a green large wheelie bin for garden waste. Black bin for for general rubbish. Both get collected forthnightly. On 'green bin days' the recyclables also get collected. We get a box for cans, tins, glass and plastic. The box is way too small for two weeks worth of drink, so we got another box which gets emptied as well. We don't separate glass tins and plastic. I guess the recycling center does this.

Paper goes in a blue bag, and cardboard is just put on the curb and is collected separately.

There's no separate collection of food waste (thank god), this goes into general rubbish.

Altogether, we have two large bins, one small one (plus the backup), and a bag for paper.