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I lived in SF. Stayed at several buildings. Never once saw the compost bin (green) used correctly even though SF people seem to pride themselves on their "green
by greggman 11y ago
I lived in SF. Stayed at several buildings. Never once saw the compost bin (green) used correctly even though SF people seem to pride themselves on their "greenness".
Similarly I worked at a company with 10000+ employees in SV. Even though they had green (compost), blue (recycle), black (trash) everywhere I never saw them have the correct stuff in them even though said company prides itself on hiring smart people.
That leads me to believe recycling by requiring each and every person to separate their own trash is not really a solution at all.
My understanding is some cities separate it at the dump. If true that seems like a much larger win. It will likely be correct far more often and only a few entities to check up on that they're doing it right.
- maxerickson 11y agoYes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materials_recovery_facility#Dirty_MRF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materials_recovery_facility#Di...
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- DanBC 11y ago> My understanding is some cities separate it at the dump. If true that seems like a much larger win. It will likely be correct far more often and only a few entities to check up on that they're doing it right. The submitted article is about seperation at the dump, and how it doesn't work.
- toyg 11y agoOr rather, its efficiency was reduced by using larger bins and by changing market conditions. The process still works, it's just less profitable than it used to be.
- maxerickson 11y agoGP is talking about a single waste stream, with recyclables being separated from garbage at the receiving facility, not about the single bin recycling from the article. It makes sense from at least some angles, moving concerns about compliance and contamination to the facility.