Hmm hearing about these garbage chute issues is making me glad I’ve moved into a new building that has decided to not have a garbage chute at all so we have to walk everything down to the bin room. It definitely does promote recycling and our building has it split between, soft plastics, paper & cardboard, green waste and then mixed items like glass, hard plastics, tin etc. We even have a clothes donation bin which goes to a charity which I thought was a great idea.
Only one thing we are missing is a hard rubbish collection and have seen a few mattresses left down there already!