We have a question on your collateral cousin's site: Travel. It was voted off-topic but still has interest. Perhaps you can entertain it here?
A traveller was on walk-about in Luxembourg and observed that there is an apparent uniformity with respect to the way rubbish bins are left outside for collection. It is in a purpose built pit roughly 55 cm/25 inches deep. The photo is uploaded here as a matter of convenience…
We understand that there is practical merit to this arrangement…
- Wind is less likely to knock them over;
- Feral animals are less likely to knock them over;
- They are less likely to fall upon and injure a toddler;
…but these reasons are speculation and not nailed down with the precision that would satisfy an interested person. There has been other speculation that the placement of rubbish bins is a regulated activity and a different line of thought that it may be expensive (either to install or to place the bins there for collection). Part of a building code for Luxembourg? I have suggested that there might be a cultural influence like "monkey see monkey do".
Have any of YOU contemplated having this type of rubbish bin 'repository'? What do you call it so as to help Googlers?
Question: is there something peculiar to Luxembourg to cause rubbish bins to be configured this way? Or more generally, are there other locales where one can see the same uniformity?
Best Answer
I'm from Luxembourg and have never seen such a hole to put the dustbins in.
We usually store them somewhere in or around the house, and put them out on the curb.
It definitely seems to be isolated to a specific house / street / neighbourhood.
The bin itself is regulated of course and contains a chip that holds the owners information.