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It probably doesn't meet statutes for littering. E.g., https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=374.4 https:/
by throwawaylinux 5y ago
It probably doesn't meet statutes for littering. E.g.,
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=374.4 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySectio...
> As used in this section, “litter” means the discarding, dropping, or scattering of small quantities of waste matter ordinarily carried on or about the person, including, but not limited to, beverage containers and closures, packaging, wrappers, wastepaper, newspapers, and magazines, in a place other than a place or container for the proper disposal thereof, and including waste matter that escapes or is allowed to escape from a container, receptacle, or package.
They could make a law specifically for this type of dumping, Amazon would probably lobby against it and it would sway about zero voters, and the cost to enforce would probably be greater to the public than if they just dealt with it especially if these companies wanted to be uncooperative about it.
- sandworm101 5y agoFun littering factoid: https://medium.com/knowledge-stew/when-nasa-received-a-400-fine-for-littering-9b2e37f0bbc5 https://medium.com/knowledge-stew/when-nasa-received-a-400-f... "Around July 19, 1979, the US space agency team that was in western Australia searching for debris was issued a citation for littering by the Esperance Shire Council in the amount of $400. Though the citation was in jest, the council hoped NASA would pay the fine as a gift for their museum. They didn’t pay. But the fine was finally settled on behalf of NASA in 2009 by a radio host named Scott Barley of Highway Radio when he got his morning listeners to donate the funds."
- 0xdeadb00f 5y agoWhy the fuck didn't NASA pay? Surely they can spare $400 for a joke?
- sandworm101 5y agoAdmission of liability. The next rocket might be far more dangerous, the next fine far more costly.
- harpersealtako 5y agoBecause then it will come up in a congressional hearing about NASA's budget as "proof" that NASA is spending US taxpayer money on "jokes".