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Smart Trash Carts Tell If You Haven't Been Recycling
Starting next year Cleveland residents face paying a $100 fine if they don't recycle, and the city's new high-tech trash cans will keep track if they don't. The new cans are embedded with radio frequency identification chips and bar codes which keep track of how often residents take them to the curb. If the chip shows you haven't brought your recycle can out in a while, a lucky trash supervisor will go through your can looking for recyclables. From the article: "Trash carts containing more than 10 percent recyclable material could lead to a $100 fine, according to Waste Collection Commissioner Ronnie Owens. Recyclables include glass, metal cans, plastic bottles, paper and cardboard."
The only smart trashcan I've ever seen was Oscar the grouch. Considering how "smart" the power meters(and authorities) are in most cities, this will probably be a flop.
I'd mix in non-recyclable trash in my recycle bin just to spite this new program.
Just empty your bathroom wastebacket out last before putting out your trash, so that all the snotty tissues, panty liners, used diapers, etc. are all on the top.
If some city inspector sees that and is still willing to dive in to get the goods on you, I'd say that's a $100 fine well earned.
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... garbage throws out you.
Prime numbers are exactly what Alan Greenspan says they are -S. Minsky
which, last I recall, anyone else could legally do just as easily.
If it is, it shouldn't be. The trash is mine until the garbage truck picks it up, then it belongs to whoever runs the garbage truck.
If I park my car on the curb and leave it unlocked, you don't have any right to go rifling through it. You shouldn't be able to do that with my trash can, either.
BTW, when I catch people going through my trash can, I ask them to politely leave. They always do when they see the pistol holstered on my belt. Yay, open carry!
"Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives" should be a convenience store, not a government agency.
omg! 16 years! That's completely within our lifetimes. It's almost as though the city is being responsible and thinking longterm!
No, I completely understand that your armchair analysis based on a blurb on a tech site is going to trump the city's analysis in all cases.
"burglarized" = "burgled" Stop inventing words.
As far as I'm aware, this is standard American English. No, really!
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Did you know that Americans live in fear of being raperized, attackerized, muggerized or robberized? It's true!
Wow you seem to live in a wonderful area. Thieves, methheads and open carry laws. Why not move?
Tesla was a genius. Edison however was a overrated hack who liked to torture puppies.
I would say the opposite. The world would be a far safer place to live if we didn't have guns at all.
Tesla was a genius. Edison however was a overrated hack who liked to torture puppies.
"When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns." Insert the name of your favorite weapon in place of "guns" and it's still the same.
What a moronic statement. If you outlawed coffee tables, then people who own coffee tables are criminals by definition. So what? What does that statement prove?
"A special effect without a story is boring" - George Lucas, 1977. Hey George, regarding Episodes 1-2-3...?
The ewoks were far worse than Jar Jar.
Tesla was a genius. Edison however was a overrated hack who liked to torture puppies.