closes the cupboard where he keeps all his stolen A&W mugs
this post was submitted on 25 Jul 2024
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Those bins are just gonna be filled with trash and there's still gonna be these cups and other litter in the gutter.
Still. I think it's a step in the right direction. Maybe it would really incentivize people if there was a small deposit
80/20 rule. If it is successful 80% of the time, it is actually a success. The 20 is how to hone the program, not how to point out how it will only fail.
I had to stop and check if this was an Onion article lmao.
Like, has any one of the dozen people that approved this actually met an American?
Imagine if those smartasses hear about glass cups
But the forever chemicals in those cups give the soda-pop it's fizzzzzzzzzzz
Should make it so you can just throw it in any no-sort recycling bin... Then collect them from the recycling center. No need for a whole new bin system.
My God they've invented, cups. What geniuses they are
It's got electrolytes
…Petaluma’s residents will not be charged a penny more for their drinks…
YET.
There is no way this program can so much as break even without someone paying the bills.
Even if all the employees are volunteers, trucks that empty the bins and deliver the cups, plus washing equipment for said cups, rent for the space to house the trucks and washing equipment, maintenance, utilities, etc., aren’t free.
Don’t get me wrong. I’d like to see this program succeed and expand. Without knowing more about how they’re funded, though, I’m skeptical.
I am a quite skeptical of this project, mainly because it is related to circular economy.
A relevant link (article+audio) would be:
How the ‘circular economy’ went from environmentalist dream to marketing buzzword