A ROW of household waste containers in La’latang village, Tallo subdistrict look neat: pairs of cans, blue for wet garbage, yellow cans for dry garbage, are lined up every 50 meters throughout the settlement. The separation center is called the Garbage Bank.

In Karang Anyar village, Mamajang subdistrict, the garbage bank is in the form of a shoe rack. Divided in three, each section is filled with used newspapers, plastic glasses and bottles, a