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> Another narrative is that recycling rate shows that it is itself functioning as part of the solution to the social safety net. In my experience, no one in go
by akiselev 6y ago
> Another narrative is that recycling rate shows that it is itself functioning as part of the solution to the social safety net.
In my experience, no one in good faith argues that bottle deposits are a part of the social safety net, let alone a functional part.
Edit: to clarify, mine is a US centric experience. I think the argument for recycling collection as a tool of economic mobility is perfectly sound as long as it's not economically coercive (i.e. if the safety net is adequate without resorting to roaming the streets collecting recyclable material).
- TazeTSchnitzel 6y agoDoubling the bottle deposit to help the homeless was a suggestion made by the German satirical party „die PARTEI“.
- LargoLasskhyfv 6y agoÄh, 'Tschullijung? Sie ham de Pfandring verjesse! https://duckduckgo.com/q=Pfandring https://duckduckgo.com/q=Pfandring
- vladTheInhaler 6y agoIt is a part of the safety net, whether it was designed that way or not. Note that I'm not claiming that it should be. Unfortunately it puts the collectors at risk, because it incentivizes them to root through garbage cans full of potentially dangerous material without any protective equipment. And in the end its a complete waste of their time. If the government wants to earmark that money for them, they should just do that, and let those people do something meaningful like job training, or raising grandchildren, or whatever, instead of being up to their elbows in broken glass and used condoms in the middle of the night. Most of the recyclable material was already in somebody's recycling bin already, so it's not like they're cleaning up the environment or any other social good.