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> IMO, you shouldn't ask people to sort recyclable materials at home I don't know where you are, but I think your opinion is colored by the status quo in your
by gniv 8y ago
> IMO, you shouldn't ask people to sort recyclable materials at home
I don't know where you are, but I think your opinion is colored by the status quo in your country. In a lot of places in Europe people do sort them, and from what I've seen they do a good job at it.
Also, sorting machines are probably not that hard, but remember that this is a low-value product. You cannot justify a lot of expense. (..unless, of course the government pays; different discussion though)
- clay_the_ripper 8y agoI think this is a cultural problem. It’s built into culture in places outside is the US to sort, but changing behavior is very very hard on a massive scale. I think tackling it at the source is probably the only real solution. If companies are forced to use easily recyclable or reusable packaging then they will. But they won’t do it voluntarily. I would happily pay a few extra cents or whatever on everything I buy if everyone was forced to use more sustainable packaging.
- taobility 8y agoI think it's not change behavior, just how to incentive the people. There would be lots of people would like to do that if you pay the money, basically some places would buy those recyclable trash, like paper, glass bottle, cans, which is very normal in other developing countries.
- echaozh 8y agoHow can sorting trash be built into culture, when it is quite a new thing itself? Did people sort trash in the 19th century? Did they do it in the 1950s anywhere in the world?