Only in Portugal
All of a sudden, about a year ago, three recycling bins turned up by the bar. Great, I thought, saves me going into Ourique to do it - and then bring it back as the bins were full
BUT - the plastic bin takes less than a week to fill and is then not emptied for weeks. In this instance, 6 weeks

People are still taking their plastic down and leaving it by the side, so of course, it gets blown all over the place in the wind

Odette and Maria are forever picking it up.
We spoke to Jose yesterday about it. And he, like us, thought it was organised by our local council and rang them to get them to empty it.
Not us, they said. He comes down from Beja

That's an hours drive

What on earth is the point of recycling when the lorry has a 2 hour drive? They actually take it away to empty it, then bring it back
Can't make it up.