Separate Your Trash?
Hmm… you know what I think some Malaysians might do when this is implemented?
Home owner to garbage collector, “Eh, I bagi lu dua puluh ringgit satu bulan, lu ambik semua sampah I la. Tak ada masa mau asingkan la.”
ok ok… I know I should give people time to be aware and be educated. But heck, when I was in the US 10 years ago, it was already normal practice to separate our recyclebles, including rinsing out our bottles before putting them out to be collected. At large supermarkets, there were machines that you feed your soda bottles and cans into and you get paid a few cents for each bottle/can, which you can redeem at your next purchase.
I can just imagine some Malaysians complaining :
“What?! We have to do what?! Separate our garbage?! What the hell do we pay the garbage collectors for?!”
“Aiyah, no time la… anyway, nobody’s going to do it.”
“This is stupid. I’ll just pay the garbage collectors a bit of money to take all my garbage. I have no time for this nonsense.”
Let’s wait and see the public reaction to this.
Note : To-date, I am still rinsing my bottles and plastics before putting them in the recycling bin. It’s part of my daily routine, separating my thrash and recycling, that is.
I shall let my family and friends tell you about me. These comments may be rather old but I think the gist of them still hold 
If Malaysians are more like you sweetie, ah…the world would be a better place.
well, at least they’re making ppl do something about it in m’sia. i want to separate my trash also, i don’t think it’s gonna make a difference at my place. no recycle bins at the apartment and i’m sure the plastics and paper bag that jona takes down on weekends gets thrown in with the rest of the garbage.
Capt Sparrow : The important thing is… are YOU like me????
PL : Let’s see how ‘well’ they implement and enforce this. I can bet you this is another hangat-hangat tahi ayam initiative.