[BigV]

jfc

what a bunch of slackers you all are.

here, here we get garbage cans, recycling cans, and compost cans. we're expected. no. required to separate our garbage from our recycling from our compostables. and no shit, if you put more that about 5% of compostables in a noncompostable can, recycling or garbage, you're liable for a fine up to $50 per offense.

I shit you not.

Now, heh, that means they need to look in my cans to find out what's being put where, right? turns out, in our zeal to protect the privacy of our citizens, our garbage is considered private. and looking at that garbage without a warrant constitutes a legal violation of my privacy. so now the government has no way to collect evidence of violation of the law they've passed.

I'm completely cool with all aspects of the current snafu. in fact, there's a LAWSUIT against the city for a breach of privacy for just this situation. fine. It's right to separate the garbage. I've been to the dump, a lot, and recently. there's many many metric fucktons of just unnecessary crapola in the landfills. stuff that would be cheaper and easier to remake by recycling, *IF* the effort/cost of sorting/streaming it to the right place were not passed on to the next dumber sucker.

still.

it's a bit of a headache to have to maintain three fucking "trash" cans in the kitchen and the alley.