• vikinghoarder@infosec.pub
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    1 year ago

    I always wondered what happens in the facility where they get “illegal” items, do they just dump the batch in the common trash? Do they have people separating what is good from what is not? And if they have people separating, does it matter if people follow the recyling guidelines?

    • Godnroc@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Once worked for a municipality when the contracted garbage collectors complained that there was too much recycling in the trash and the other way around. They essentially have to trash everything in the recycling if it’s contaminated.

      We had to do some public information campaigns to try reduce it or the company would raise their rates, which would affect tax payers. The message did seem to get across to people, as the company stopped complaining.