Waste Management in Hungary

I suppose living in the countryside might be different then living in the cities.

We in the city have colored plastic barrels for plastic, cans, paper and metal.

I know the price for pick up is included in our common costs They take out hundreds thousands  of forints each month from the house, it is the most expensive part of the common costs, trash removal.

Someone is making money on recycling but we are paying for it. In the past we took in some old aluminum kitchen wear and a few other copper items and got a bit of money for them.

These few recycling centers inside the city are no longer operating

Since they brought in the recycling barrels into the house, these centers have closed down.

We pay to get things recycled but no financial gain for those who take the time to sort the trash before tossing things out.

Someone is always finding a way to make people pay and they profit. Sort of takes the incentive away to sort bottles etc. and pay to have it taken away on top of that.

Still notice people here and there going through trash to find cans... Not sure where they take them.

We used to take back wine bottles but even the stores do not really have a handy way of recycling them now. I do not notice any recycling machines these days.

Now once or twice per year the city has a big toss out day.

Anything thrown on the sidewalks for take away belongs to the city and no one can take anything.

Still you often see people sitting and watching a pile of junk , waiting for a truck of their own to collect everything for resale.

They can be fined though since it does not belong to them but the city.

In the countryside I would guess some people must take their own trash to the dump yard.

We used to do that in Hilo since we lived so far up country from downtown Hilo.

My friend in Hilo and her husband started their own small trash dumping service.

I would think it might be possible to start such a small business here too if there was a trash pick up need.