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> I think asking whether they pay you or you pay them is probably a great way to guess which is good and which isn't. I sort of am being paid to put my plastic
by tzs 3y ago
> I think asking whether they pay you or you pay them is probably a great way to guess which is good and which isn't.
I sort of am being paid to put my plastic in my recycling bin. My garbage company charges $47/quarter for a 35 gallon regular bin, and $22/quarter for a 64 gallon recycling bin.
It would require two regular bins to handle everything, which would be $94/quarter, which is more than the $69/quarter that one regular bin plus one recycling bin costs.
- ploxiln 3y agoUnfortunately, how much you pay to recycle is hidden, in your taxes. You kinda need to know how much your cities pays for the recycling, vs trash, for each kind of material. Probably possible, but not easy. (But we know you can get paid for metals.)
- InitialLastName 3y agoIn this case, it sounds like GP is using a private garbage collection service because their municipality does not provide garbage collection services (as is common in rural areas). One would expect that the costs in that situation are likely to be more representative of the actual cost to dispose of the material, as the company can't obscure its economic reality with taxes.
- mlrtime 3y agoCorrect and funny enough because of this I recycle MUCh more living in a conservative rural area than a progressive urban area. The private collection incentives me to separate as much recycling as I can and provides nice big free bins for this.
- mattmaroon 3y agoMy city charges extra if I don’t recycle. But, I know from the data they publish that they are simply paying to recycle everything and the rate is higher than the rate at which they dispose of garbage. So I’m still paying for it, it is not paying me.