There’s still people not throwing those in the blue bin? Why?
I think the deposits are kinda dumb: it’s annoying to have to pile up the cans to bring them somewhere for a few dollars when the city picks up unlimited recycling.
I think Ottawa does it right: you don’t get much trash space, so you have to use the most out of the recycling bins and the compost bin. These days we average at half a trash bin (~60L) of trash every 2 weeks.
I already separate paper recycling and cans/plastics/glass, if they want cans separately they just have to introduce another separate bin for those and call it a day.
Monetary rewards only work on poorer people that could use the extra 5 bucks trip. Convenience wins the middle class, and that’s in the form of a bin they collect curbside like the rest.
I don’t know if it works everywhere, but where I live theres groups of people that scavenge through the trash every week, they already take every returnable out. It’s not perfect but it gives some vulnerable populations a small source of income while reducing the load on city recycling programs I think thats a win-win with practically no downsides.
As the article points out alcohol has a 75% return rate which is pretty damn great imo
There’s still people not throwing those in the blue bin? Why?
I think the deposits are kinda dumb: it’s annoying to have to pile up the cans to bring them somewhere for a few dollars when the city picks up unlimited recycling.
I think Ottawa does it right: you don’t get much trash space, so you have to use the most out of the recycling bins and the compost bin. These days we average at half a trash bin (~60L) of trash every 2 weeks.
I already separate paper recycling and cans/plastics/glass, if they want cans separately they just have to introduce another separate bin for those and call it a day.
Monetary rewards only work on poorer people that could use the extra 5 bucks trip. Convenience wins the middle class, and that’s in the form of a bin they collect curbside like the rest.
I don’t know if it works everywhere, but where I live theres groups of people that scavenge through the trash every week, they already take every returnable out. It’s not perfect but it gives some vulnerable populations a small source of income while reducing the load on city recycling programs I think thats a win-win with practically no downsides.
As the article points out alcohol has a 75% return rate which is pretty damn great imo