I take my own bags to the supermarkets. We have different bins picked up by different trucks here in New Zealand. I put paper out in boxes (they are picked up by a paper truck), the rubbish bag (Large) is picked up by another truck, and the council supplies everyones with a huge green bin, for glass, plastic and that is picked up by another truck. It is all recycled. The paper is used again, glass is crushed and used again and the plastic in Dunedin is being shredded, washed then made into indestructable bricks to makes houses, walls for flooding and can be plastered over. I home that becomes universal, as it would make great housing for developing countries.