[Tagging] waste=trash for amenity=waste_bin/waste_disposal? [Was: Medicine Disposal]

[Paul Allen]

On Sat, 16 Feb 2019 at 15:07, Markus <selfishseahorse at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I agree, but what about ordinary rubbish bins or containers? Do
> amenity=waste_bin/waste_disposal
>
without a waste=* tag imply waste=trash or should that be added too?
>

Good question.  Without a good answer.  Because we also need to accommodate
situations
where the mapper isn't certain what kind of waste is accepted, and a lack
of waste=* tag can
imply that.  OTOH, many mappers probably don't bother to give an explicit
waste=* tag unless
the container is explicitly for a particular kind of waste.  So I'm
undecided on that.

(Btw, shouldn't it be rubbish instead of trash, given the fact that tags
> are usually in British English?)
>

You're right.  The US and UK have chosen to generalize different
specialized terms: rubbish
(rubble), trash (wood) and garbage (offal).  In the UK it's rubbish, not
trash.  Unless you're a council
operating a waste-collection service, in which case it's refuse.  Probably
hard to change, though.
Especially if carto already renders waste=trash differently from other
waste=*.  It's not as
egregious as tourism=chalet for holiday cottages. :)

-- 
Paul
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