Briefly...on society's metabolism with nature...

So there seem to be vastly fewer garbage cans with for public (or quasi-public) access here (in comparison to a variety of locations in the US). Perhaps accordingly, there seems to be a slightly higher incidence of littering (compared to Portland, lol). However, litter also seems to be cleaned up more quickly (as is evident by a very high turnover in types of litter and how quickly given spots will transition from refuse-bearing to clean). So whatever they have going on here works...but I don't like carrying refuse for such long distances...