do companies/factories in your country not also recycle what they can? are they not paying money to garbage collectors who are incentivised by the state to sort their garbage?
I have never once seen a garbage inspector at any of the places I’ve worked. I have been instructed by my employer to dump or otherwise dispose of things questionably, many, many times.
Boss once had me fill a dumpster with old halogen flourescent bulbs. Probably 90% of them shattered in the process. Then it turns out that was the wrong dumpster so we had to shovel all the broken bits into another. Didn’t learn they had mercury in them for a decade. I was 15. So that’s cool, wonder what that did.
Sorry I meant “flourescent” apparently. It was this kind. My uncle’s business was moving into an office that was some 1970s government office and somehow I got roped into the re-fit.
One small semi-relevant data point (not commercial though):
In San Jose, California (1hr south of San Francisco), they might occasionally audit residential recycling containers to make sure folks aren’t dumping trash. Drive around early before pickup.
do companies/factories in your country not also recycle what they can? are they not paying money to garbage collectors who are incentivised by the state to sort their garbage?
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I have never once seen a garbage inspector at any of the places I’ve worked. I have been instructed by my employer to dump or otherwise dispose of things questionably, many, many times.
Boss once had me fill a dumpster with old
halogenflourescent bulbs. Probably 90% of them shattered in the process. Then it turns out that was the wrong dumpster so we had to shovel all the broken bits into another. Didn’t learn they had mercury in them for a decade. I was 15. So that’s cool, wonder what that did.Halogen bulbs to do contain mercury.
Sorry I meant “flourescent” apparently. It was this kind. My uncle’s business was moving into an office that was some 1970s government office and somehow I got roped into the re-fit.
One small semi-relevant data point (not commercial though):
In San Jose, California (1hr south of San Francisco), they might occasionally audit residential recycling containers to make sure folks aren’t dumping trash. Drive around early before pickup.