Other countries have just been doing this by hand. For example, in Japan, they will open up bags of trash from the dumpster, find your address from a discarded envelope, sort out what you should have recycled, then bag it and leave it at your door, with a stern warning and instructions on how to properly sort your trash next time.
billybuckwheat•2h ago
The waste collectors in Christchurch, New Zealand do occasional spot checks of home recycling bins and leave a little note (checklist, actually) letting you know what shouldn't have been put in the bin. They take it away regardless in the first instance; not sure what happens in the second.
taosx•3h ago
I was thinking about buying an incinerator, I recycle my trash but recently found that everything gets mixed back together in the end by the privatized trash company and no recycling happens.
joezydeco•2h ago
I have a bottle of soap that has this actual notice on the back:
"This bottle, after pump is removed and discarded in garbage, may be collected in your local community, but actual recycling rates in the USA are currently very low."
dmvjs•49m ago
they had better be able to prove they actually recycle if they are engaging in conversation in this manner
rapjr9•21m ago
Wouldn't it be better to use AI to sort out the recyclables instead of scolding people?
jmchuster•3h ago
billybuckwheat•2h ago