On: Did "Big Oil" Sell Us on a Recycling Scam?

[ambyra]

I feel bad for all the sorters that have to sift through trash, who know most of the stuff will just get thrown in the landfill. Some people treat the recycle bin as a second trash can.

[HankStallone → ambyra]

I've spent 6 months building a software program and then been told we wouldn't be using it. Sometimes work is just a paycheck.

But yeah, it's nasty when you look in the big recycle dumpsters we have here and see the things people throw in there.

[dfxm12 → ambyra]

Especially on trash day when dog walkers go out of their way to throw their doggie bags in recycling bins on the sidewalk rather than the trash bin next to them.

There's no real punishment for missorting recycling, but I guess it's hard to prove who did what when trash collection is the way it is.