Kansas City prepares to roll out new recycling carts

[Graystoke]

Trash in bags? That isn't civilized or efficient.
Every can, (Recycling or Trash), our city has contains a QR code that scans the can as it is dumped and photographs the event. No more getting calls about missed garbage because they have proof they had been there and did that.

[alpha_omega]

Meh. Bring back trash burning then your onto something.

[ChiefsFan63]

Originally Posted by alpha_omega

Meh. Bring back trash burning then your onto something.

I burn my trash.

[Kiimo]

Originally Posted by ChiefsFan63

I burn my trash.

Seems like a lot of effort to print off your posts

[wazu]

The problem for KC was not that the bins didn't have lids. It's that KC doesn't accept glass in recycling, so the bins are really light weight and get completely blown over by wind. Just making a taller bin with a lid doesn't solve that problem. Maybe the bins they are deploying are weighted and solve for this in other ways, but just looking at it in the video it seems like the same thing we had when I lived in San Diego 20 years ago. Of course, in San Diego they accepted glass and rarely have high enough winds to blow anything over.

[Nixhex]

I use AAA Trash. I have a red bin for trash and a yellow bin for recycling. I have watched them dump both bins in the same truck for several weeks now...lol. They ain't recycling anything!

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Originally Posted by Nixhex

I use AAA Trash. I have a red bin for trash and a yellow bin for recycling. I have watched them dump both bins in the same truck for several weeks now...lol. They ain't recycling anything!

Pretty much

[cdcox]

Waste management services generally do a poor job of educating consumers. I just recently learned that it is preferable to recycle plastic bottles with the cap on. The caps are made from polypropylene or HDPE which are among the more valuable plastics in the recycle stream. Attaching them to the bottle helps assure the small cap doesn’t get lost along the way. At the recycling plant, the bottles and caps are shredded and the two materials are separated by density differences. Also, don’t flatten plastic bottles, because it makes the sorting process less efficient.

[InChiefsHeaven]

Originally Posted by cdcox

Waste management services generally do a poor job of educating consumers. I just recently learned that it is preferable to recycle plastic bottles with the cap on. The caps are made from polypropylene or HDPE which are among the more valuable plastics in the recycle stream. Attaching them to the bottle helps assure the small cap doesn’t get lost along the way. At the recycling plant, the bottles and caps are shredded and the two materials are separated by density differences. Also, don’t flatten plastic bottles, because it makes the sorting process less efficient.

Well shit.

The more you know I guess...

[AndChiefs]

Originally Posted by InChiefsHeaven

Well shit.

The more you know I guess...

You also shouldn’t put pizza boxes in the recycling as the grease makes them unable to be recycled.

[seamonster]

Originally Posted by InChiefsHeaven

Well shit.

The more you know I guess...

LOL. That's bullshit. They chuck most of the recycled plastic onto barges and ship it out across the ocean to poor 3rd world island nations that we pay to accept our garbage. Well known scam. Most modern landfills are feats of engineering that can handle plastics. Recycling plastic is the worst thing you can do if your some redditor on a crusade.

[srvy]

Gladstone has the bins for recycling and Trash for a while. On windy days they blow over on the North-South streets all the time leaving a mess.

[Bugeater]

Our former trash company not only gave us the bins, they also let you put flattened out cardboard under the them. Hoo boy, those were a real treat on windy days.

[srvy]

New York City still set out bags.