Junk Mail

[cjsmith]

Sunnyvale has an "approved method" of recycling junk mail. It is this.

1. Put all the junk mail in a sturdy paper bag such as you might get at a grocery store.
2. Put the bag in your trash container and put the container out at curbside.
3. Their hand-sorters will go through all the trash at the dump and sort out your junk mail for recycling.

Some questions come immediately to mind. Do they WANT the junk mail flying like confetti all over the interior of the garbage truck as soon as the trash container is upended? Just how well-sealed is my kitchen garbage bag? How much do these sorters get paid??

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Comments

[dr-scott.livejournal.com]

The idea that someone is looking through every bit of our garbage is creepy. I can't believe it makes economic sense -- no doubt it's motivated by heavy penalties from higher governments if they fail to reach their target percentage of recycled trash. Since I assiduously recycle, I'd prefer inspection-free garbage and lower bills.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

*nod*. Lots of government-mandated stuff doesn't make economic sense. :-/

It's creepy in more ways than one, too. I have a litterbox... I seal that stuff up, but I have no illusions about the strength of those bags versus the forces within a truckload of randomly-shaped objects.