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Kansas City prepares to roll out new recycling carts
Nice!
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04-21-2023, 08:15 AM | #31 | |
Would an idiot do that?
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Location: Arizona
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And yeah, they are terrible at education, when all they need to do is slap a QR code on the bins. Hell, I get shit from APS constantly via snail mail and email about how to best use electricity and so forth... a mailer on recycling would be far more useful. |
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04-21-2023, 08:18 AM | #32 | |
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Location: Land of Drincoln
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This is the list of non-recyclable items here We apologize but please note that the following items are NO LONGER accepted in KCUnited's city recycling program due to low market demand and/or excessive contamination:
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04-21-2023, 08:31 AM | #33 | |
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that's half the shit i put in my recycling bin! take it away! |
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04-21-2023, 08:37 AM | #34 |
Fight, build, win!
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Location: KC
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New York City still set out bags.
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04-21-2023, 08:41 AM | #35 |
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Here in Charlotte our recycle bins are black and the trash bins are green.
It's dumbest ****ing thing I've ever seen. Seriously, who comes up with this shit? |
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04-21-2023, 08:48 AM | #36 |
Cheat Death
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Location: Land of Drincoln
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One of the better entrepreneurial ideas I've seen is this guy around here fabricated a hydraulic lift system with a power washer setup in the back of his truck. Its fitted specifically for the city trash/recycle bins.
Dude sells monthly and quarterly subscriptions and just drives around the east valley power washing bins with the push of a couple buttons. Its probably more successful out here where its hot most the year and bins get super gnarly smelling quick but he's rolling pretty hard with just a truck, a power washer and some ingenuity. |
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04-21-2023, 08:53 AM | #37 | |
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Read KC Uniteds list and realize what a big ****ing joke this all is |
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04-21-2023, 08:56 AM | #38 |
Fight, build, win!
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: KC
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KCMO isn't nearly as restrictive as Arizona yet. It's all going to the same place anyway
Items you can recycle curbside: Office paper, junk mail, newspapers (without plastic rain bag), phone books, catalogs and magazines Manila folders Advertising inserts Brochures Corrugated cardboard Carrier stock (i.e. cardboard soft drink and beer cartons) Chipboard (i.e. cereal and shoe boxes) Paper/hardback books Plastic bottles with a neck #1 and #2 (look for the number inside the chasing arrow symbol), such as water and soda bottles, milk jugs and detergent bottles. Lids may now be recycled, too. Plastic containers #3 thru #7 (look for the number inside the chasing arrow symbol), such as yogurt and margarine/butter tub containers Cardboard egg cartons Pizza boxes (No food) Shredded paper (in paper bags) Drink cartons Aluminum cans and other metal cans Clamshells (Deli or salad bar containers) Aseptic containers (milk, juice and vegetable cartons) Clean aluminum foil and foil pans Items you cannot recycle curbside: Glass Plastic bags Styrofoam, including Styrofoam egg cartons Motor oil bottles and other automotive product bottles Containers for household hazardous material Paper towels, tissues or napkins, plates or cups Gift wrap Photographs, blueprints and hanging file folders Bags that contained pet food, fertilizer, charcoal or kitty litter Metal pots |
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04-21-2023, 09:01 AM | #39 |
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Location: Studio City, CA
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You all are complaining about recycling lol?
Eagerly awaiting the next thread complaining about not being able to smoke on airplanes like the good ol days. *plays Kenny Rogers on 8 track* |
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04-21-2023, 09:08 AM | #40 | |
Kind of a mod
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So OK, decision point 1: if you want to get people to do it, you have to make it simple. Fine. But then the issue is that making it easy also makes it easy for people to **** it up, both in unintentional ways (not understanding what can be recycled) and malicious ways (intentionally throwing trash into the recycle bin). And in some cases, a handful of people ****ing it up can ruin entire loads of otherwise recyclable materials due to either contamination or just making it too laborious to go through the load and sort out all the stuff that can't be recycled. So waste management companies have to decide whether they try and tech people how to be good recyclers at the middle school (recycle cans), high school (recycle cans and plastic bottles), 101 (recycle cans, plastics with allowed types, clean paper and cardboard), or 201 level (recycle cans, aluminum foil if it's in a large enough ball and clean, plastics that are clean, paper products, but not those that have a wax coating...). The better informed people are, the better recycling works, but the less people will pay attention. So decision point 2: If you want to get people to do it right, you have to find a sweet spot between telling people every little detail they need to know and making it simple enough that everyone can understand it. The result is that we just kind of live with something in the middle, though it does indeed result in a lot of recyclable materials being dumped in the trash. There's just not a great way out of it unfortunately unless you go hard on public education, which is often a futile exercise. |
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04-21-2023, 09:12 AM | #41 | |
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04-21-2023, 09:14 AM | #42 | |
Would an idiot do that?
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Here's a quick video that might be more your style. Feel free to lay down for a bit afterwards if it gets too overwhelming. |
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04-21-2023, 09:15 AM | #43 |
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Here's a really good breakdown
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04-21-2023, 09:17 AM | #44 | |
Would an idiot do that?
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04-21-2023, 09:19 AM | #45 |
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