China recycles!

One of the things that struck me in China was the level to which the country recycles. While we may do household recycling in North America, the Chinese take it one step further. Garbage bins in major cities have two sides to them, one for garbage and one for recyclables. Mind you, with the need to drink bottled water in China they must go through a huge number of plastic bottles annually. There is apparently a refund for them too, as in many places you see people collecting them from users, or pulling them out of the recycling bins.

I don't have a photo of the two-sided bins, but this one from Beijing is more interesting.