Everything is recyclable in this beautiful city of Barcelona! There are places throughout the streets where one can even deposit hard-to-recycle items such as CDs, light bulbs, and batteries. Bins exist for businesses and residents to recycle regular recyclables, glass, and all organic waste—even meat, dairy and bread products! This portion of organic waste recycling is significant because it indicates that more soil is being created for the City's use, and that the City is using an anaerobic digester to recycle the grains, oils, and dairy products. This means that less methane is created from municipal waste, as well as less land space is needed for the landfill! This certainly exemplifies one characteristic that ought to be a part of every urban center globally: zero waste!
Fun fact of the day: if you are checking out at a grocery store and the person in line behind you has fewer items and is alone, it is considered courteous to allow the person to check out ahead of you! This has already happened to me twice; I witnessed it happening to another woman as well!
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