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> The fastest the trash is collected, the better for the society. If society in the aggregate is spending twice as much (or whatever) fuel to get the recyclabl

> The fastest the trash is collected, the better for the society. If society in the aggregate is spending twice as much (or whatever) fuel to get the recyclables to the recyclers, a few hours less time spent waiting in the bin is not some kind of win. > The only angry people are the "legitimate" waste collectors who pay kickbacks to politicians to keep this monopoly alive. Some percentage of the people who don't want randos going through their bins are certainly angry.

wirrbel 6y ago
Well, our municipal waste collectors kind of cross-finance fees for collecting the non-recyclable waste with the profit they make from selling recyclables. If someone steals cardboard, the other collection fees go up.
Nextgrid 6y ago
Aren’t bins intentionally left unlocked (or rather most dumpsters don’t even have a lock) on the streets so that whoever willing to take away their contents is able to? As far as the business is concerned they don’t care who takes their trash as long as it does get taken away.
- Jolter 6y ago
  This is clearly not the case with these particular dumpsters. The article shows a picture of a suspect exiting the bin through a very small hole that was designed not to let people enter.
  - Nextgrid 6y ago
    To me it seems like he was doing that just because he didn't have the garbage truck that would lift the entire dumpster and tip it over into the truck. It doesn't seem like he's "breaking in", in the sense that that opening (unintentionally) wasn't built big enough for a person to fit through as opposed to being an intentional security feature.
    - dmix 6y ago
      The article says the bins were changed by city council for this exact reason, to be smaller and harder to fit in and take from manually. Which clearly didn’t work so they did a sting operation. Apparently humans are harder to defeat than raccoons.
rvnx 6y ago
Mmh, your first point makes sense

wirrbel 6y ago

Well, our municipal waste collectors kind of cross-finance fees for collecting the non-recyclable waste with the profit they make from selling recyclables. If someone steals cardboard, the other collection fees go up.

Nextgrid 6y ago

Aren’t bins intentionally left unlocked (or rather most dumpsters don’t even have a lock) on the streets so that whoever willing to take away their contents is able to? As far as the business is concerned they don’t care who takes their trash as long as it does get taken away.

Jolter 6y ago
This is clearly not the case with these particular dumpsters. The article shows a picture of a suspect exiting the bin through a very small hole that was designed not to let people enter.
- Nextgrid 6y ago
  To me it seems like he was doing that just because he didn't have the garbage truck that would lift the entire dumpster and tip it over into the truck. It doesn't seem like he's "breaking in", in the sense that that opening (unintentionally) wasn't built big enough for a person to fit through as opposed to being an intentional security feature.
  - dmix 6y ago
    The article says the bins were changed by city council for this exact reason, to be smaller and harder to fit in and take from manually. Which clearly didn’t work so they did a sting operation. Apparently humans are harder to defeat than raccoons.

rvnx 6y ago

Mmh, your first point makes sense