In Korea, You Pay for Food Waste by the Kilogram — Epoche A2
Notice to residents — Building 3 Food waste in this building is weighed and charged to you. It is not collected with the ordinary rubbish, and it is not free like the recycling. Please read this before you use the food bin. How the charge works There are two systems in Korea, and this building uses the second one. Bags. In some areas you buy a special food-waste bag at the shop. The price of the bag is the charge. The weighing bin. Here, you touch your resident card on the reader, the lid opens, you tip the waste in, and the bin weighs it. The amount is added to your monthly bill. What goes in Anything an animal could eat: rice, vegetables, fruit flesh, meat, noodles, soup solids. Drain the liquid first — you are paying for the water in it. What must not go in Bones, shells and large fruit stones Eggshells, tea bags, onion skins Cocktail sticks, cling film, bags of any kind Why The food waste is turned into animal feed and compost, so anything hard or plastic spoils the whole load. A flat fee makes waste invisible. A scale makes you see it.