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What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by Basement_Dweller@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This. I have opinions on waste management, please indulge a little rant, if you will?

In my city they also now have us pay for the privilege of dumping residual waste. It's worth noting that residual residential waste is stuffed into a silo - the users bring it to a collection point, and open it with an RFID key card. You're sent a bill for each time this is opened.

It's also worth noting that the plastic bin, if it looks like they can't sort it, they will toss it in general waste.

These factors combine into a situation where:

Tossing things in the recycling bin has it end up in gen waste anyway
It's cheaper for the end user to dump their residual waste inappropriately, either by stuffing it into recycling despite not going there, or by dumping it in the bushes somewhere

Imo, fixes would include the following:

At the very least, using the general waste silo should not come with extra costs
Recyclables and residual waste should be merged into a single waste flow, which is to be recycled in general.
We should make work of actual plastic recycling at a commercial scale.