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I'm in Chicago. Literally every time I see a garbage truck, it's dumping the recyclables in with the trash. This doesn't surprise me at all.
by admn2 6y ago
I'm in Chicago. Literally every time I see a garbage truck, it's dumping the recyclables in with the trash. This doesn't surprise me at all.
- 205guy 6y agoI’m sure it has happened, that like in he article, the recycling collector just puts it in the trash. But in many places, recycling is collected in garbage trucks, and sometimes in the same trucks as the trash with separate internal compartments. Whether that truck takes the contents to a recycling facility or not will depend on the local practices and economics.
- Ma8ee 6y agoThat’s a common urban myth. The trucks have several compartments.
- LargoLasskhyfv 6y agoNot where I live, at least not for glass. I can see down into them from above and it all goes into the same bin. No separation at all.
- Ma8ee 6y agoWhich doesn’t make sense, since glass is relatively easy and economical to recycle. (I’m not saying what you say is untrue, there’s a lot of things in the world that doesn’t make sense.)
- LargoLasskhyfv 6y agoI know. Just wanted to say: "I can confirm this so called urban myth." It's not that I'd been that interested in it, just read about it, and looked into it afterwards. And it happens. Again and again.