Q: Can one put the trash about the recyclability of which they doubt (wet paper, meat, big fruit kernels,..) simply in the general, taxed bag? What about simple recyclables like PET, cardboard,..?
I have seen at least two answers to this in (older threads of) EF saying an explicit YES, and at least two others saying a clear NO. Is it Kanton/Gemeinde-dependent?
Of course Hazardous material is not a question. And I'm not considering whether this is enforceable at all or not, just whether there is such law. Any reference to an official source is more than welcome.
You can put whatever you like in paid for or stickered trash bags - but you‘d be daft to when PET, cardboard, papers, milk cartons, batteries etc can be disposed of free of charge...
That makes sense to me too. But at the deep EF, someone said they know someone was fined for having paper in their trash bag, and nobody challenged their claim in the rest of the thread.
Thanks. Yet your communal rules do not state whether it's punishable to put "recyclable material into taxed bags". Indeed, it looks more voluntary with phrases like "dans la mesure du possible" and "la commune encourage" in Article 9. I may be wrong as my French is not even close to comfortable.
Not necessarily "daft". Sometimes one doesn't have enough time to dispose it accordingly.
For me, the paper and cardboard rules (i.e., neat packages must be made) are pretty stupid. Why should they be tied up nicely, and not just put in a paper bag? Luckily, where we live we have a container for paper, so we can throw it there.
Tying it up is purely to stop it blowing around in the wind. Putting it in a bag, it can tip over and then the papers are loose everywhere. Yes, I realise some people would tie up the handles or put some string strategically around the bag but you'd always get some moron that would dump it loose in a bag because they couldn't be arsed.
If it's clear to everyone then it works.
If you have one of those metal baskets to collect the paper in, it's actually pretty straight forward to wind a couple of lengths of string around the paper while it's in the basket then lift it out. Genius!
It makes for easier collection and better use of the space. Furthermore, Migros bags and the like have a special coating and extra thickness that puts them in the cardboard category. If you just shove your paper in such a bag, they have to sort it into a different place. Where I live, it’s collected by two separate lorries, at separate times, so not doing it in line with the rules creates more work.
I've been once to KVA and they didn't want these bags in the cardboard container. I had to choose: either pay the 30 CHF tax for Sperrgut, or take them back. (I paid). Now I'm disposing them at the Coop recycling place.
Well, you've not seen me sweating and swearing over the tying a tight enough knot in the string so the paper doesn't slide out of the stack as I lift it out of the metal basket thing.