http://inhabitat.com/high-tech-bins-will-fine-people-for-not-recycling/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Sat, 18 May 2013 14:21:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://inhabitat.com/high-tech-bins-will-fine-people-for-not-recycling/comment-page-1/#comment-251856 fossiliferous_g Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:19:42 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=153055#comment-251856 The idea is ideal, but is it realistic? Who is going to be paid to come out and go through resident trash when their recycling cans say they're not putting out enough recyclables? And where does that leave the community in terms of privacy? What about people like me who don't necessarily recycle everything, but actually wash and reuse items like coffee cans, plastic bags and bottles? I also hang on to a lot of items for crafts and activities with my son...do I get penalized because I don't recycle enough? Even if I don't get charged, people would still be wasting time going through my trash to be sure that there's less than 10% recyclables. And final question, what about those times when people are moving or spring cleaning and there is a lot of garbage that needs to be disposed of all at once? Do those loads trigger the "you-have-too-much-garbage" sensors? I'd love to see this work, but I might be a bit hesitant in supporting it if I come out in the morning and see some guy digging through my coffee grinds and used tampons...I mean, really. I think it would be better to offer more ways to recycle - Canada has a compost program...maybe we should look into that. The idea is ideal, but is it realistic? Who is going to be paid to come out and go through resident trash when their recycling cans say they’re not putting out enough recyclables? And where does that leave the community in terms of privacy?
What about people like me who don’t necessarily recycle everything, but actually wash and reuse items like coffee cans, plastic bags and bottles? I also hang on to a lot of items for crafts and activities with my son…do I get penalized because I don’t recycle enough? Even if I don’t get charged, people would still be wasting time going through my trash to be sure that there’s less than 10% recyclables. And final question, what about those times when people are moving or spring cleaning and there is a lot of garbage that needs to be disposed of all at once? Do those loads trigger the “you-have-too-much-garbage” sensors?
I’d love to see this work, but I might be a bit hesitant in supporting it if I come out in the morning and see some guy digging through my coffee grinds and used tampons…I mean, really. I think it would be better to offer more ways to recycle – Canada has a compost program…maybe we should look into that.

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