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That's why you see things like bottle deposits. You pay more up front and then get some back if you dispose of it properly.
by jonknee 11y ago
That's why you see things like bottle deposits. You pay more up front and then get some back if you dispose of it properly.
- melling 11y agoWhat about the 10,000 other products that people throw away? There's a TV that was thrown into the woods down the street from me. One of those large tubes. It'll be there for years.
- jonknee 11y agoSuch deposits could be expanded to other products. Car batteries are a big success here, they are almost all recycled and typically involve a small deposit you get back ($5 or so) when recycling. Hard to recycle materials could just be taxed to provide an incentive to use other materials. The city I live in banned free plastic bags and it has significantly cut down on their use. There's no reason why that couldn't be the standard.
- rsync 11y ago"It'll be there for years." No, not if a good person like yourself does the good work that needs to be done. Thank you in advance for being a decent person that pitches in anonymously to help the community in which they live.
- melling 11y agoWell, let's hope a good person takes care of it. Here's another when they're done with that: https://www.instagram.com/p/4hTbWTAD5a/?taken-by=mmellinger66 https://www.instagram.com/p/4hTbWTAD5a/?taken-by=mmellinger6... I become physically ill when someone makes the solution my problem. I can't keep up with all the trash in the world. It's like the world is run by happy idiots. Try looking around then come up with a better solution. By now these are circling our oceans: https://www.instagram.com/p/4KXmvAAD7M/?taken-by=mmellinger66 https://www.instagram.com/p/4KXmvAAD7M/?taken-by=mmellinger6... https://www.instagram.com/p/39AlorgD4n/?taken-by=mmellinger66 https://www.instagram.com/p/39AlorgD4n/?taken-by=mmellinger6...
- noonespecial 11y agoThat's terrible advice where I live. Once I touch the thing, I'm responsible for holding on to it and bringing it to the right facility during the two weekends a year they accept such things AND paying the disposal fee.
- majewsky 11y agoWow. Your city's policies suck. My town (in Germany) has several disposal facilities where citizens can drop up to 2 m³ per year of bulk garbage, toxic and electronic waste free of charge.
- ChrisNorstrom 11y agoBestBuy takes CRT tube TVs for free. Limit of 3. If you see one dumped illegally you can just take it to them. That's what I do.