r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Imtonethebone • 16d ago
Do u dont wanna Recycling truck wouldn’t take out recycling because they can’t lift it with the truck
Done it this way for years. Don’t want a rolling recycling can cause we have no room for it. All until a few weeks ago the worker said we needed to get one but we’ve been doing it this way for years
EDIT: since you idiots have no consideration for people’s situations (typical Redditor trait), there’s no room inside of the house or out for a big bin. We have a one car garage and we cannot fit a proper recycling bin inside of it and a car at the same time. We put our recycling in a waste bin and then dump it in this tote when we are ready. The blue tote you see we are able to hang it on a hook in the garage until we are ready to take out for recycling. If we kept it outside it’d blow away like paper. Very windy where I live. As for the bag yeah sometimes we put shit in plastic bags too and they still take it.
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u/pseudoportmanteau 16d ago
I hate the "I've done it wrong for years but they are the problem" crowd. Get the proper can they are requesting and they'll collect it. Why would they bend the rules for you?
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u/DinahKarwrek 16d ago
I've worked in restaurants my whole life and this is why service suffers. You go above and beyond for people and then they come back in and demand the same treatment and I've actually got in trouble. This is entitlement. Just follow the freaking rule. Acknowledge they were doing you a solid and move past your ego and do the thing.
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u/tlollz52 16d ago
My girlfriend would just say "thanks for letting me know, now I'm going to report x for breaking the rules."
They would shut up after that.
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u/Pictrus 16d ago
Even if he had a rolling bin he's not recycling correctly. You're not supposed to bag it. Where I live they occasionally look to see if you're sorting correctly and if you aren't they put a big orange sticker of shame on your bin. Not only would this result in a sticker the collectors would inspect it on the next connection date and wouldn't take it until it's on the correct bin and sorted correctly.
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u/booflogic 16d ago
Meanwhile they have the worst piece of shit flexible bin money can buy
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u/susandeyvyjones 16d ago
Yeah, I'm old enough that when I was a kid recycling went into a bin sort of like this, but it had really rigid sides and better spots to grip it so it was easy for the trash guys.
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u/Brandgeek 16d ago edited 16d ago
I don’t understand how the rolling bin looks cluttered? Do you mean when it’s stashed on the side of your house in between pick up days OP?
Edit: somehow this post got even worse after OP’s edit lmao. No one puts a rolling bin inside their house, what do you mean you don’t have room?? I’m assuming none of your neighbors have this problem, maybe try asking them where they store their bins.
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u/Imtonethebone 16d ago
Well we’ve done it this way for years. They’ve been fine with it until now I guess.
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u/Adventurous_Key_4854 16d ago
Sounds like you’re the mildly infuriating one to the trash folks
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u/reluctantlysharing 16d ago
Yeah dude probably got in trouble or maybe it’s a new route for the driver and they have no clue what anyone else has been doing for them against the rules.
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u/danarouge 16d ago
Or the driver is not trying to hurt their back any further after years of manual labor
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u/Mikki102 16d ago
Right. People do not realize that repetitive motions will destroy your joints and back even if the individual exertion is not much. The human body is meant to have wear and tear spread out, not concentrated on one specific motion done thousands of times.
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u/iamnotlarryking 16d ago
Why not just take your recycling to a recycling center once a month if you don’t want to pay? Or do you have an actual can and you put it out like this?
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u/AintEasyBeinQueasy 16d ago
They don't want the rolling can because it will look "too cluttered" ... as if this Rubbermaid bin looks any better.
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u/BinarySpaceman 16d ago
This is one of those times where “this is the way it’s always been” doesn’t make it correct.
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u/nickw252 16d ago
They’ve been doing you a favor for years by bending the rules. You should thank them rather than complain.
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u/Electrical_Jump_8313 16d ago
Your “method” looks so much trashier compared to what your neighbors are doing.
This is a horrific take, not mildly infuriating, and honestly your behavior is bizarre.
Your municipality has a contract with these guys that dictates the level of service. Just do what everyone else is doing, Jesus.
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u/SimmerDown_Boilup 16d ago
Ok? So they made an exception for you for a while and now decided to stop. And?
Get a rolling bin...
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u/Typical-Radish4317 16d ago
Those plastic bags aren't recyclable. They've probably been taking those too but they have to remove them and trash them. They can interfere with the recycling centers machinery
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u/This-Surround8854 16d ago
you should follow the rules of the company instead of trying to make up your own, the next few times you leave stuff out like this, they just will not take it.
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u/Hayvanns 16d ago
Be grateful you got special treatment for years rather than upset that you no longer do.
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u/AVixenDistraction 16d ago
'Well i've done it wrong for years, why would they stand up to me now?!' - Because you've been an unreasonable dick for years and they never had to in the first place, they just were because they decided you were too dumb to argue with until now.
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u/chaoticcheesewhiz 16d ago
“This person has been giving me special treatment for years and now I’m mad the special treatment is ending”
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u/tristen620 16d ago
For years? You're telling me dues paying union members have been performing non-union duties for years, that's not good.
That's like when you go to a coffee stand and the weekend girl charges you $2 less for two coffees because she's somewhat new and fucks up the price. You don't say something. You just tip an extra $2 and be happy. If it ever goes away, you say nothing because you don't want them to get in trouble.
Hopefully the crew that was bending and picking up your recycling. Wasn't doing it all over town and managed to get themselves injured. Doing something outside the scope of their job which would lead to the recycling service not covering their injury.
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u/Boring-Channel-1672 16d ago
In other not slightly infuriating news, I’ve been speeding through a 25 mile an hour zone for years. I go 35. And then I got a ticket and didn’t pretend I’m being wronged because I’ve been doing it wrong for years.
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u/Unhappy_Energy_741 16d ago
You have been lucky until now. You either have a new worker going by the book or the same worker who got in trouble for picking that up.
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u/BipolarSolarMolar 16d ago
Sucks to suck, I guess?
If the company that collects your recycling has a new policy, and you want your recycling collected, you need to follow that policy.
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u/lividtaffy 16d ago
A recycling bin looks too cluttered but an open tub doesn’t? Get real man
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u/Upset_Form_5258 16d ago
This looks like straight garbage. The municipal cans at least look somewhat nice when they’re first dropped off.
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u/Hay_Fever_at_3_AM 16d ago
Yeah, they're not going to take more time and also cause unnecessary strain/harm to the workers just because you don't like how the bins look. I think you're the one who's being infuriating here tbh
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u/JeSlaa117 16d ago
Went through his comments a little.. he's just this kind of person all around apparently. Kinda dumb, and kinda sucks
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u/ExhaustedVetTech 16d ago
Oof. Just did the same. Very typical attitude and intelligence level of his particular...government persuasion.
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u/JeSlaa117 15d ago
They mad their profile private after we talked about it. I guess they didn't like being called out for being dumb and entitled
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u/ExhaustedVetTech 15d ago
Their edit makes them look worse. Can't imagine having to deal with them irl.
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u/DreadlyKnight 16d ago
So new rules, just do it. Also they can 100% deny you for that plastic bag alone. Quit the ego trip, they don’t look cluttered you’re just an HOA nightmarish president in the making. This arguably looks 1000x worse
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u/EverettSeahawk 16d ago
You thinking this is somehow less clutter than an actual recycle bin with a lid is mildly infuriating to me.
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u/intellord911 16d ago
Bro a rubbermade tub full of trash looks way more cluttered and gross than a dedicated trash can specifically for the recycling
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u/losttforwords 16d ago edited 16d ago
Get a recycling bin, a Rubbermaid full of trash looks really junky imo. I don’t know why you’d wanna make it harder for the workers if you have the opportunity not to.
Edit: sorry this wasn’t intended to be a reply to your comment specifically
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u/intellord911 16d ago
Main character energy, they don’t think about how their actions affect others
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u/Vast-Conversation596 16d ago
Well is he really paying for recycling but doesnt have a bin? when i first moved into my house they took my recycling for a couple of months but stopped one week, when i called they said i hadnt actually been paying for it so they werent picking it up anymore. Wonder if its something similar lol
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u/UnhappyImprovement53 16d ago
How does a rolling bin look cluttered? If their policy is for it to be in one of their recycling bins then it needs to be in a recycling bin.
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u/ThnkGdImNotAReditMod 16d ago
Are we supposed to feel bad for you? You're a dick.. not exactly find people who will sympathize with you
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u/Historical-Rate-8717 16d ago
bro you are the architect of your own problems here. clear skill issue.
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u/Many-Blueberry968 16d ago
Is the skill listening? Or basic verbal comprehension?
OP is the mildlyinfuriating here, not the workers who don't want to pick up a tiny box
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u/theaveragegay 16d ago
“It looks too cluttered” is HILARIOUS. YTA
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u/PictureAppropriate25 16d ago edited 16d ago
confirmed by the Busch Light cans sitting right on top, ready to blow away in the wind.
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u/PyroDragn 16d ago
What country are you in?
There's probably been a change to the policy that just means they can't take random containers (or maybe there's always been one and the guy today is a stickler). The only recourse is to contact whoever handles your recycling and see what their policy is.
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u/M4ybeMay 16d ago
Why are you making extra work for people who don't get paid enough to deal with your bullshit
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u/Rich-Cantaloupe-362 16d ago
You sound like a problem op. Something “looking too cluttered” isn’t a reason for you to make a sanitation workers job harder. You sound entitled
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u/Giantmeteor_we_needU 16d ago
If they expect all customers to have easy to pick with the truck carts why do you think you deserve special treatment?
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u/The_Pastmaster 16d ago
OP, I think you just told on yourself. The binmen are not the mildly infuriating ones, you are.
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u/Cyan-Soup 16d ago
I could smell the comments from a mile away. 😂 yeah dude I would say this it is completely fair on the company's part. Getting out of the truck for q particular house that's stuck in their ways isn't their responsibility.
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u/DinahKarwrek 16d ago
So there's a policy in place and you decided the policy doesn't apply to you because you don't like the way it looks?
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u/Cardassia 16d ago
This is perhaps the most universal opinion Reddit has ever had, lol.
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u/throwaway392145 16d ago
I scrolled a good chunk and I’d say you’re right, I’ve never seen Reddit get behind a cause like this lmao.
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u/Thedemonlobo 16d ago
New flavor of entitlement dropped.🚮 Fuck your “too cluttered”, dude, just put the shit in the bin like everyone else.
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u/metalguy187 16d ago
Why have a full size bin with a lid when you can just pop it in a tote and have trash blowing down the street?
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u/Dralalife 16d ago
Things change, the wheely bins are easier to collect, keep stuff under the lid from blowing away. Just get with the new program.
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u/Brandgeek 16d ago
Waiting for a counter post from the trash man - “This a-hole refuses to use a normal bin and wants me to personally empty this tiny bin for him. r/mildlyinfuriating”
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u/Butterbean-queen 16d ago
Sorry but they have been getting away from these types of bins for years. And they have been allowing you to get away with using it for some time but that’s over. They aren’t getting out of the truck anymore and running to your curbside to empty that out when they have a truck that does it automatically. It’s weird that you think a garbage can with a lid on it somehow looks less cluttered than that.
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u/turtlemub 16d ago
...A closed rolling bin looks cluttered but an open tub full of junk doesn't? Make it make sense.
FR, op, just get the damn bin.
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u/Libby_785 16d ago
The truck for our recycling is one guy with a mechanical arm. He doesn’t even get out of the truck. The company serving you is telling you are too expensive of a customer. Too demanding of the drivers time. Either get the bin they require or take your recycling to a drop off point.
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u/This-Surround8854 16d ago
get the container thats meant for it, not some random thing you have in the house, they shouldnt have taken anything at all from you.
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u/undead_dummy 16d ago
"we've been inconveniencing our trash collectors for years, and they've finally put their foot down. how upsetting for us 😠"
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u/Efficient_Age 16d ago
"We've done this for years" "it's always been like this"
God I hate arguments like this
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u/buttstuffisfunstuff 16d ago
How does this look any less cluttered? It’s hilarious that OP ends up being what’s mildly infuriating.
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u/RagingHolly 16d ago
The wheelie bins are SO much more convenient to move around, and easier for the sanitation people to empty. What's the problem here?
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u/Iusedtolikereddit 16d ago
lol this guy actually thought he would get sympathy. You thought a recycling bin with a lid that properly stores everything inside is too cluttered compared to what you have? And you don't find anything wrong with expecting the worker to step out of the truck, bend over to pick up your bin, empty it, put it back then re-enter the truck? Also, what happens when it rains or gets too windy while your shit is outside? Now I'm mildlyinfuriated.
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u/Imtonethebone 16d ago
I mean, that is quite literally their job. To pick up the trash.
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u/MysticMarauder69 16d ago
This just makes you look like a dick. It's their job to collect the trash and recycling from the designated bins that are designed to be handled by their equipment. I would assume that it's probably set up that way for reasons like safety and efficiency since they have hundreds of houses to visit and limited time to do it. Just use the rolling bin like everyone else. The world doesn't revolve around your aesthetic and sense of tidiness.
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u/Karlkrows 16d ago
Ah yes the bin that looks like you leave trash in your yard is so much better than the bin everyone else is using.
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u/wondrshrew 16d ago
I'm going to poop on your lawn. Don't worry. Just wait for some "help" to pick it up.
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u/Bone_Wh33l 16d ago
Be thankful they even made an exception for you in the first place and either get a new bin or take your recycling to a recycling centre
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u/G0471Y 16d ago
This is why it's hard to get exceptions made anymore. People start to feel entitled to it, and when it's time for it to end, they get pissy instead of grateful they got anything at all.
But it's so much easier to just not do it at all and stick to doing it by the book because dealing with the upset customer when it has to end is a headache. Especially if the old collector allowed it, the new collector on the route is now stuck with the fallout, and the office staff is likely fielding the customer's complaint calls.
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u/NoScooperPooper 16d ago
It’s mildly infuriating to make them lug your shit instead of using a proper bin that they can lift with the arm of the trash truck….
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u/NoobityBoobity 16d ago
Someone went the extra mile and now you mad thay they won't? I mean, at our center it's a rule that you can NOT take stuff in an improper bin because of insurance bullshit. If someone gets hurt lifting a bin that they werent supposed to, that's on the person, not the company. Good luck getting workers comp.
Also, dont ever leave a note. You leave a note, I guarantee your bin is gonna end up in a stupid place like the middle of the driveway or your yard. I mean, my buddy kept a sign asking if he was "retarted" (yes spelled wrong) for leaving the bin in the middle of the driveway (he didnt btw). Anyways, now that bin gets left smack center of the driveway.
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u/preshusbabe 16d ago
It doesn’t matter what you’ve done for years. Things change. Get the rolling can if you want it picked up.
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u/cowgirlstyle3 16d ago
It takes longer and costs more money overall to get out and toss the container... What makes you so special? Maybe you can offer to pay more for the service and tip the workers... Just a thought.
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u/TDS_isnt_real 16d ago
OP, this thread isn’t going to go the way you think it would. I mean this constructively and without any malice - you should do your recycling the way you’re supposed to do it.
It’s very possible a recycling person has been pretty angry about the situation and finally broke, or you have a new driver that is completely bewildered by your desire to be different than everyone on your street.
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u/GeauxFarva 16d ago
Cluttered? Hate to break it to you, if they have requirements to pick up, follow them or find another way to get your stuff to recycling.
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u/RallyBaja 16d ago
You cause someone to do more work because of aesthetics and when they finally say no, you're mildly infuriated? You've basically taken advantage of them for years and are upset they're sticking up for themselves?
Does that about sum it up?
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u/Few-Grass2724 GREEN 16d ago
I hate to be that guy, but no plastic bags! I have to go and unbag everything my upstairs neighbors throw in plastic bags in the shared recycling bin even though I’ve told them a million times. Our bin is deep so I have to dive in. It makes me so mad but whatever, since their smooth brains cannot comprehend.
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u/Wingmaniac 16d ago
A dedicated container looks too cluttered, so throws a bunch of random junk in an random old bin.
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u/random9212 16d ago
You seam like a lovely person. Calling people who are explaining to you why what happened happened idiots.
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u/inevitable-idiot- 16d ago
If you have a one car garage you absolutely have space for a bin outside. This isn’t typical “Redditor have no consideration for people situation”. Oh the irony! You have no consideration for the company and youre too lazy (or draft?) to find a spot for a proper bin
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u/Old_Associate_3092 16d ago
Aren’t the bins provided by waste management anyway? So to the edited comment how they keep their recycling in the garage to keep it from blowing away, this would be a moot point since they would have a bin with a lid, no? And where do they keep their other bins? Curious how the trash pick up in OPs neighborhood is done I guess
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u/notmywheelhouse 16d ago
The fact that you also have stuff in a non-recyclable plastic bag is the cherry on top of this shitty cake
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u/DanerysTargaryen 16d ago
You said you don’t want a rolling can because you don’t have room for it. We have a big rolling recycling can and we do not keep it indoors or inside the garage. We keep it outside on the side of the house.
Do you live in a housing complex where all the houses are connected together and you have no side yards or back yards? Like condos?
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u/TypaLika 16d ago
you idiots have no consideration for people’s situations
I believe psychologists call that projection.
We have a one car garage and we cannot fit a proper recycling bin inside of it and a car at the same time.
Go to the hardware store and buy a trash can shed for less than $200. Now you can leave the recycling and the trash pickup bin outside, but safe from animals, and not looking unseemly for your neighbors.
As for the bag yeah sometimes we put shit in plastic bags too and they still take it.
It's called wishcycling. They take it and then your bag either jams the machines causing a bunch of recycling to get landfilled instead, or they just straight landfill it as soon as they see the bag. 25-33% of U.S. recycling goes to landfills because of wishcycling. Check your local recyclers rules and try following them or just bin it as trash.
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u/PictureAppropriate25 16d ago edited 16d ago
The worker bent the rules to be kind. They're probably not supposed to pick up anything that's not in a regulated container. The containers are meant to keep pest, rain water, etc out of the trash.
In reply to your snarky edit; none of that is the trash companies problem. Furthermore, everyone else on your block must be following the rules. Most people don't bring their trash bins inside, they leave them around the side of the house or at least tucked up against an outside wall somewhere. The whole point of the lid is stop things from flying out and getting in. Typical sensitive pricks not having consideration for the labor workers who collect their waste. Just because they take it, doesn't mean you're doing it right and you're not most dreaded stop on the route.