[OSM-talk] amenity=recycling

[Chris Hill]

leblatt wrote:
>
> I Consider recycling should be encouraged, and I map a recycling point 
> when I come across one. But I find it abnormally tedious to tag the 
> type of goods that can be recycled. This information should have been 
> made easier to tag. For instance, instead of :
>
> amenity=recycling
>
> recycling:cans=yes
>
> recycling:glass_bottles=yes
>
> recycling_papers=yes
>
> recycling:cardboard=yes
>
> one could write :
>
> amenity=recycling
>
> recycling = cans; glass_bottles; papers; cardboard
>
> Moreover, the tag auto-complete feature in editors would help when you 
> find the same combination in several places.
>
> I don’t know how heavily this amenity is being used, and how difficult 
> a switch would be, if even possible. Just wondering what others think.
>

It would seem that the tag is well used, there are 9787 
amenity=recycling tags in the db.
There is a fair list of tags along the lines you suggest with about 
fifty different tags, including a few misspellings. Popular ones are: 
cans, bottles, batteries, clothes, cardborad, glass, glass_bottles, 
green_waste metal, magazines, newspaper, paper,plastic, 
plastic_bottles,scrap_metal, shoes, white_goods, wood.

There are a few strange tags too:
amenity=recycling;religion=christian;denomination=catholic.
amenity=recycling;sport=football.

Cheers, Chris