Sigh(n)s of insanity

SCENE: Interior, day

TIME: Yesterday

LOCATION: 

A seemingly normal office kitchen, newly fitted out. Rubbish bins have yet to be installed, two large cardboard boxes lined with black bags are overflowing under the counter.

Rubbish-bearers are cheerfully chucking all kinds of rubbish onto the ever-increasing mounds.

SCENE: Interior, day

TIME: Today

LOCATION:

The same kitchen, this time with rubbish bins installed:

• One freestanding, pedal-operated double bin under the counter with one yellow pedal, one green. Presumably yellow for general rubbish, green for compost.
• One in a cupboard under the sink, with the word WASTE stencilled on the cupboard door. Presumably for half-eaten meals.
  
• One in another cupboard under the sink, with the words RECYCLED WASTE stencilled on the cupboard door. Presumably for rat pooh.

Stuck on the door of each cupboard containing a rubbish bin, obscuring the stencilling, and also stuck onto the freestanding bin, are large notices about combining recyclables.

Rubbish-bearers appear to have no idea which bin to use, or whether they can even discard non-recyclables. And they are slightly worried about the rat pooh.