不同国家有不同的废弃物分类体系。各国采取的规则通常取决于该国现有的废弃物管理技术以及政府的未来规划。来看看各国的垃圾分类文化。

What Indonesians do with their trashes

印尼人如何处理垃圾

One thing for sure： it’s never too hard to throw your garbage in Indonesia. What Indonesians commonly do is putting our trashes in our personal garbage area which usually located at the front of our house， right at the side of the street. Put it there， and the garbage collectors with their big garbage truck or rusty garbage stroller will pick our trashes up.

有一件事可以肯定：在印尼扔垃圾从来不会太难。印尼人通常将垃圾放置在个人垃圾区域内，一般位于屋前、紧靠路边。之后，垃圾回收人员会用大型垃圾卡车或铁锈色垃圾推车将垃圾收走。

Things aren’t quite different if you live in the apartment complex in Indonesia. Collect it， wrap it in a tight plastic bag if you wish， then put it outside your room or a special corner in your floor hallway， designated for a waste collection area.

如果住在印尼的公寓楼里，情況也大同小异。将垃圾集中起来，愿意的话可以用塑料袋包紧，再放于房门外或楼道里指定作为垃圾回收区域的专用角落即可。

Waste collection bill in Indonesia is expected to be paid personally to the garbage collection agent – no tax added， it’s simply a cost for garbage workers fee and garbage truck transportation fee. Bring your wastes to your nearest dumping site or landfill and you don’t need to pay for anything.

在印尼，垃圾回收费用应由个人支付给垃圾回收机构——无须缴税，仅包括垃圾工的人力和垃圾车的运输费用。如果自己将垃圾送至最近的垃圾场或填埋场，则无须支付任何费用。

That’s it. It’s that simple.

仅此而已，就这么简单。

Imagine how much culture shock an Indonesian would suffer when they – let’s say – living in a country famous for its sophisticated waste sorting system such as Japan， South Korea or Germany – a place where public-shaming1 and penalty fee for a failure in obeying the waste sorting rules is more likely to happen？

试想一下，印尼人若是住在以成熟的废弃物分类体系闻名的国家，比如日本、韩国或德国，会遭受多么严重的文化冲击？——在这些国家，不遵守废弃物分类规定往往为人所不齿，还会被处以罚款。

Germany： The leader of the world’s waste-recycling race

德国：全球废弃物循环利用领先者

Germany is the country with the world’s number one recycling system. The country has a quite detailed way of sorting their waste – down to the colour of the glass waste you wished to throw away， the type of paper that could be put inside the paper waste bin， separate bin for metals， another different bin for plastic， another different bin for ceramic or broken glass， etc.

德国拥有世界最好的循环利用体系。该国的废弃物分类十分细致——细到根据玻璃的颜色分别丢弃，根据纸张的类型确定能否扔进纸张回收箱，金属、塑料、陶瓷、碎玻璃等也都有各自不同的回收箱。

Here below are what you should know about Germany’s waste sorting system：

关于德国的废弃物分类体系，应当了解以下这些信息：

·You are expected to gather your waste in your apartment/housing area’s local public garbage bins along with the other residents.

·须和其他住户一样，将垃圾集中至所在公寓/ 住宅区的公共垃圾箱中。……