Texas resident used Apple AirTags to discover plastics taken to Houston recycling centers aren't being recycled - eviltoast
  • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    My area has recycling presort. So we have two bins that get picked up by the trucks. One garbage, one recycling. They dump them into the same hole on the truck. They drive the truck into the same building. The only thing the comes out of the building are loaded train cars. They all look the same. So all the neighbors presort their trash. And the trash company mixes them back together. Thanks trash company!

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      2 months ago

      My area has separate trucks for each type of trash (regular, recycle, compost). And fines people for throwing the wrong things in the wrong bin.

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        2 months ago

        My area supposedly does the same thing. I’ve always wondered how they figure out who the trash belongs to.

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          2 months ago

          That’s a good question. I’ve wondered that too. I don’t know any cases of single households being fined.

          I know the apartment complex I used to live in got fined for not recycling enough.