[OSM-talk] amenity=recycling

[Chris Hill]

Chris Hill wrote:
> 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
>