The Best Recyclers in the world?

ABFHALL - or garbage/rubbish - is an obsessive business here in Switzerland. One of the issues across the world is getting rid of our waste and with a small land area and large population the Swiss are more aware than most. So you want to get rid of a lot of rubbish - you pay for it - basically a 35L bag will cost you 2.60CHF and you MUST attach your paid for ticket to the bag or it will be identified and you get fined. At supermarkets you meet all the locals with their bags of cans/bottles/plastic/batteries/water softener refills/aluminum etc - most people recycle daily/weekly in small amounts rather than one monthly effort. There are doorstep collections for paper/cardboard but people are more conscientious than in the UK so there is no need for the council to do the work for them. So far in the one month out in Basel we've filled one bag (35L) of actual rubbish - everything else has been recycled though the compostables may start to smell in the summer!