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Assigning me a chore that benefits a business that I pay a service fee for is unacceptable. I'm paying them to take away my waste. If they want to sort it or a

Assigning me a chore that benefits a business that I pay a service fee for is unacceptable. I'm paying them to take away my waste. If they want to sort it or alphabetize it or apply the Dewey decimal system they're welcome to. But I won't do chores for someone else without an employment agreement and adequate compensation.

wutbrodo 8y ago
Do you feel the same way about putting your trash in bins (or even bags), as opposed to leaving individual items strewn about your lawn for them to pick up? Do you feel the same way about getting your car to the mechanic instead of having him pick it up from wherever you left it? The line you're drawing to define "labor done on behalf of a paid service provider" is laughably ridiculous. The service they provide is "picking up sorted bins of trash". You're not "doing their work for them" to meet the terms of the paid service agreement.
- monort 8y ago
  I can get the car picked-up for repair if I want to. Where can I subscribe for a service "picking up unsorted garbage"? The problem is that garbage collectors are granted monopoly and use it to extract free labor from customers.
  - thecrazyone 8y ago
    This is govt monopoly btw, not some private monopoly like Google (which is earned and can go away).
  - Firadeoclus 8y ago
    No one stops anyone from providing that service.
    - monort 8y ago
      Maybe it depends on the city, but often it's a municipal government granted monopoly. E.g. in San Francisco it's Recology. https://www.aoausa.com/magazine/?p=4982 https://www.aoausa.com/magazine/?p=4982 I bet, each city, that enforces waste sorting, has a monopoly.
      - Firadeoclus 8y ago
        Sorry, I should have been clearer. What I meant is a sorting service, not a collection service.
thecrazyone 8y ago
I feel the same way. There need to more options to waste management. I don't want to feel obligated to sort out trash. Take my trash, sort it out and bill me. This is insanity on stilts.

wutbrodo 8y ago

Do you feel the same way about putting your trash in bins (or even bags), as opposed to leaving individual items strewn about your lawn for them to pick up? Do you feel the same way about getting your car to the mechanic instead of having him pick it up from wherever you left it? The line you're drawing to define "labor done on behalf of a paid service provider" is laughably ridiculous. The service they provide is "picking up sorted bins of trash". You're not "doing their work for them" to meet the terms of the paid service agreement.

monort 8y ago
I can get the car picked-up for repair if I want to. Where can I subscribe for a service "picking up unsorted garbage"? The problem is that garbage collectors are granted monopoly and use it to extract free labor from customers.
- thecrazyone 8y ago
  This is govt monopoly btw, not some private monopoly like Google (which is earned and can go away).
- Firadeoclus 8y ago
  No one stops anyone from providing that service.
  - monort 8y ago
    Maybe it depends on the city, but often it's a municipal government granted monopoly. E.g. in San Francisco it's Recology. https://www.aoausa.com/magazine/?p=4982 https://www.aoausa.com/magazine/?p=4982 I bet, each city, that enforces waste sorting, has a monopoly.
    - Firadeoclus 8y ago
      Sorry, I should have been clearer. What I meant is a sorting service, not a collection service.

thecrazyone 8y ago

I feel the same way. There need to more options to waste management. I don't want to feel obligated to sort out trash. Take my trash, sort it out and bill me. This is insanity on stilts.