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I live in a poor shithole (by HN standards, I think it's fine) of a city and we don't have litter or dumping problems. You know why? Because if it fits in the
by potato3732842 1y ago
I live in a poor shithole (by HN standards, I think it's fine) of a city and we don't have litter or dumping problems.
You know why? Because if it fits in the bin the truck takes it. And every address gets one bin paid for via property taxes. It literally costs nothing at the point of use to "do the right thing"
You only get problems like this when a bunch of habitually compliant "let them eat cake" people either intentionally craft policy or through ignorance let nefarious interests dig their claws in and rent seek and just assume that people will bend over and take it rather than throwing their old tires in the river.
- Simulacra 1y agoI would never assume that you live in a "poor shit hole" of a country, I don't think any country is a "shit hole" and respectfully, no country should be called that. But I do think some societies dismiss waste as a fact of life because of poverty and corruption. Maybe it is a "societal" problem, or a "cultural" problem, but I think it's a lot more complex than that.