With the underground containers found in most neighbourhoods in Amsterdam, “garbage day” is a thing of the past. And good riddance! This video talks about some of the benefits of these containers, and how I don’t miss garbage day … at all.

The $31 million spent by Toronto is over a 10-year period, and includes the delivery of new green bins. More information is available in the CityNews article about the new Toronto green bins:
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2015/04/0…

BlogTO article about raccoons breaking into the raccoon-proof bins:
https://www.blogto.com/city/2018/04/t…

Snopes article about the NASA “space pen” myth:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the…

Amsterdam map of garbage & recycling containers:
https://kaart.amsterdam.nl/afvalconta…

Toronto “Green Bin 2.0” video, where the security camera footage came from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_JgL…