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I wouldn’t want random people coming through my neighborhood taking my recyclables. That’s one step removed from random people picking through your trash.
by koolba 6y ago
I wouldn’t want random people coming through my neighborhood taking my recyclables. That’s one step removed from random people picking through your trash.
- inetknght 6y ago> That’s one step removed from random people picking through your trash. If they leave your trash cleaner than it was, what's the problem here?
- koolba 6y agoWhat if two teams show up and decide to have a turf war?
- inetknght 6y agoTurf wars happen all the time. If there's a turf war over trash then that suggests that we're throwing away lots of valuable items in an inefficient manner.
- Nextgrid 6y agoThat’s a different problem (which can be addressed by enforcement of other, existing laws) but doesn’t justify making picking up trash illegal.
- aendruk 6y agoWhatever disturbance that presumably causes is its own violation.
- bityard 6y agoLocal law may vary but in most places in the US, once you put your trash on the curb, it effectively becomes public property. Anyone is allowed to take it and do what they want. This is one of the main sources of information for private investigators, for instance. This is why I run _all_ of my paper documents through a shredder before throwing them away. I don't have any immoral behavior to hide but I also have zero control over where my bank statements and such end up once they leave the end of my driveway.