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I was about to say thanks for the free ableism, but you did edit that out, so kudos, I guess.
Anyway, I dont see those two messages as being hypocritical because these are two separate issues. The main benefit of residential waste diversion is to extend the life of landfills -- the climate benefits are secondary. Even if someone is a climate change denier, they should want waste sorting because landfills are expensive and their taxes would go up to build new ones.
The government asking you to sort your waste isnt an example of them failing to tackle the main actors of climate change. It's cities trying to mitigate a separate issue.
Most green bin programs are run by municipal governments. Big polluters are typically regulated by state/provincial governments or federal governments.
I wanted to make that point too, but since the discourse is currently at the "I like pancakes. So you hate waffles?" stage, I didn't think we were ready to get into separation of responsibilities lol