This afternoon on my way out I carried with me a grocery sized brown bag with my trash in it. Since everything is so small here (kitchen, fridge, etc) my trash is very small, so I take it out often. I got outside and walked to the court yard where there is a row of several trash bins, one small plastic dumpster and what looks like recycling for bottles. Now, a week ago this older lady in my building helped me take out the trash (please refer to "things I did wrong today"), showing me that I cant just put the trash any where.
Sooo....I still dont know where to put it. I think some are recycling for specific things: plastic, glass, cardboard (in seperate containers) etc, and only one is for trash. Well there are no labels and they are usually pretty empty so I cant tell by what is already in there. Going back to my story--I walked through the court yard and the same older lady was out there with her child/ grand child...somone's child. I paniced. I couldn't put it in the wrong place in front of her-- like I have done every other time, she would know I was the guilty party.
So I kept walking...with my trash...towards the exit. I'm thinking to myself "what are you going to do with all of your trash when you get outside!??". Luckily at that moment another couple came out and started talking to the older lady providing a distraction. I stopped pretending to check my mail and quickly went back to the trash cans and put my trash in....which ever one I'm sure isnt the "right" one and rushed out of the building. Theres gotta be something on Google about French trash. (PS-- mine are all the same color)