tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741412946805763929.post7338849130332328645..comments2024-03-28T21:28:10.808-07:00Comments on Shoreline Area News: Shoreline Council Monday to vote on fines for improper recyclingCarl Dinsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03741982015985286521noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741412946805763929.post-23962824570876741552019-04-03T14:53:47.958-07:002019-04-03T14:53:47.958-07:00Are we going to repeat Seattle's failure? The...Are we going to repeat Seattle's failure? Their nearly identical tag/fee for recycling contamination got struck down in court three years ago, due to risk of unconstitutional search. (A positive opt-in option, e.g. discount for meeting the standard, would pass the legal test.)<br />https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2815303/ORDER-on-CROSS-MOTIONS-for-SUMMARY-JUDGMENT-FINAL.pdf<br />https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/cities-composting-recycling-enforcement-seattleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741412946805763929.post-53379814650034769822019-03-31T11:41:28.118-07:002019-03-31T11:41:28.118-07:00What's absurd about this? There are fines and ...What's absurd about this? There are fines and other penalties for improper use (abuse) of many services. And there are a number of ways that people routinely recycle improperly, which have the risk of tainting a whole load of recycled goods. If the load is ruined, there's no value in it as raw material and the economics of providing the service are upended.<br /><br />Put more generally, improper recycling is real and commonplace, and causes financial impact that threatens the economic viability of operating the service at all. It makes complete sense. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741412946805763929.post-58720616805913958722019-03-28T23:47:15.093-07:002019-03-28T23:47:15.093-07:00Fines for "improper recycling"??? For a ...Fines for "improper recycling"??? For a minute there I thought I was reading The Onion, but apparently not. ABinLFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09841850096538479777noreply@blogger.com