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   Amadi Lovelace (amaditalks@wandering.shop)'s status on Sunday, 03-Dec-2023 04:59:52 JST Amadi Lovelace

   One thing that I was unprepared for as an adult was how much hassle the municipal recycling bin would become.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 03-Dec-2023 04:59:37 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @amaditalks
     One of the best reasons to become involved in local politics IMO!

     (Some cities do it much better than others, and municipal curbside composting is the friggin bomb)

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     GreenSkyOverMe (Monika) (greenskyoverme@ohai.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Dec-2023 04:59:57 JST GreenSkyOverMe (Monika)

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     @amaditalks How is it hassling you?

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     GreenSkyOverMe (Monika) (greenskyoverme@ohai.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-Dec-2023 05:05:42 JST GreenSkyOverMe (Monika)

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     @amaditalks Oh, that’s not good.

     Our recycling bin looks the same as the trash bin, just a different color (also has wheels).

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     Amadi Lovelace (amaditalks@wandering.shop)'s status on Sunday, 03-Dec-2023 05:05:43 JST Amadi Lovelace

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     @GreenSkyOverMe it's an awkward size and shape, and just heavy enough when empty -- let alone when full -- that it would benefit from having wheels which it doesn't have. It's basically the cheapest refuse bin one can buy in a hardware store, but blue, with the city's logo and some info about recycling printed on it.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 03-Dec-2023 05:21:07 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @amaditalks
     Yeah, plastic recycling is an absolute mess everywhere, 90% just ass-covering greenwashing by petrochem, but then it’s hard to just give up on it because that 10% is actually doing some good….

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     Amadi Lovelace (amaditalks@wandering.shop)'s status on Sunday, 03-Dec-2023 05:21:08 JST Amadi Lovelace

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     • Paul Cantrell

     @inthehands We've only had them recently, and they haven't even been rolled out to the whole city yet. We had a one bag system, where all recyclables could be put into any blue colored bag, and our grocery stores all used blue plastic bags for that reason. Now we have a plastic bag ban, and recycling bins that are a hassle to move to and from the curb, the most common plastics aren't permitted and the plastic that is allowed still probably ends up in a landfill anyway.