We live in Sweden, and here the rubbish is collected, but re cycling we have to drive quite a way to the recycling place, they are placed in a lot of places but then it defeats the purpose as for the environement, everyone is driving cars to these place, also the bins are weighed every time, so we are charged by weight, we are encouraged to compost our other things, no green bins here.
Now in Cumbria, where we have a second home, it is fabulous there is a grey bin, a green bin, blue boxes for papers cardboard etc, and NOW we have blue bags for re cycling, thats fine, but when they are emptied and left out on the roadside, and its windy, then the fun begins, there are blue bags blowing all over the place, not a smart idea, they could put these bags in the blue boxes at the same time they empty them, BUT there are two different lorries coming to do these jobs, you cant win, but at least we dont have to pay by weight!