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Realistically, I think this law only exists for two reasons: 1. To discourage dumping of the whole bin's contents on to the sidewalk - happens often enough tha
by manfredo 8y ago
Realistically, I think this law only exists for two reasons:
1. To discourage dumping of the whole bin's contents on to the sidewalk - happens often enough that it's an issue in some neighborhoods.
2. To punish picking out private info from trash. Things like credit card statements, utility bills, etc. that may contain sensitive information.
I really could not care less what people do with my trash as long as they refrain from the above two points.
- _bxg1 8y agoThe reason a law exists and the way it's enforced are seldom kept in-sync.
- lostlogin 8y agoThe article mentions that the city earns revenue from recycling too, and missing the revenue is a problem when that’s taken.
- zaroth 8y agoYeah that’s definitely no longer the case.
- lostlogin 8y agoIs the article incorrect? “The city is most concerned about the battered pickup trucks, known as mosquito fleets, that buzz around San Francisco collecting recyclables on an industrial scale, depriving Recology, and ultimately the city, of income, said Bill Barnes, a spokesman for the city administrator’s office. “That’s a significant challenge for residents because it results in higher garbage rates,” Mr. Barnes said.”
- MrEldritch 8y agoI would actually assume that the reason the law exists is because rummaging through dumpsters sounds like something a homeless person would do, and we know how California likes to try and make it illegal for homeless people to exist.
- ALittleLight 8y agoPerhaps that's true in some parts of California. The parts I'm acquainted with seem to be overflowing with homeless.
- plorkyeran 8y agoThey wouldn't "need" to pass laws against being homeless if there weren't any homeless people to begin with.
- jonny_eh 8y agoMaking something illegal doesn't make it go away.
- throw03172019 8y agoNot San Francisco.
- niklasd 8y agoThere are actually cases where artists throw away creations because they don't want it as their art and people pick it up and sell it as art pieces of this artist. There's been some publicity around a court case where exactly this happend to Gerhard Richter. I suppose this would be a third use case for this law.
- pmoriarty 8y agoI've thrown away my own art before -- not only art that I didn't want, but also art that I wanted but just didn't have space for. Once I throw it away, I don't mind if others make money off of it. I'd rather have someone make use of it, and someone appreciate it rather than it going completely to waste.