This bothers me so much. I’m that guy who washes my containers and checks with the city to see what can and can’t be recycled. But I live in an apartment building and when I take my recycling to the bin, it’s invariably filled with half full takeout containers and a million other things that can’t be recycled. They probably throw the whole bin in the landfill. It’s infuriating.
Yeah same in my apartment. Bins are filled with incorrect items, and clearly dirty. I bring all my organized and clean recycling but know deep down its just going to a landfill or be burned.
On top of that, the bin categories are weird and it’s really confusing. IE there is a bin that says “Bottles and Cans”, and another that says “Paper and Cardboard”. What about other plastics?
People will do whatever is easiest, even if they are decent people. We need better policies and systems to force incentivize people to follow the rules.
This bothers me so much. I’m that guy who washes my containers and checks with the city to see what can and can’t be recycled. But I live in an apartment building and when I take my recycling to the bin, it’s invariably filled with half full takeout containers and a million other things that can’t be recycled. They probably throw the whole bin in the landfill. It’s infuriating.
Yeah same in my apartment. Bins are filled with incorrect items, and clearly dirty. I bring all my organized and clean recycling but know deep down its just going to a landfill or be burned.
On top of that, the bin categories are weird and it’s really confusing. IE there is a bin that says “Bottles and Cans”, and another that says “Paper and Cardboard”. What about other plastics?
People will do whatever is easiest, even if they are decent people. We need better policies and systems to
forceincentivize people to follow the rules.Edit: typos