Seattle Passes Laws To Keep Residents From Wasting Food

schwit1 writes The new rules would allow garbage collectors to inspect trash cans and ticket offending parties if food and compostable material makes up 10 percent or more of the trash. The fines will begin at $1 for residents and $50 for businesses and apartment buildings. "SPU doesn’t expect to collect many fines, says Tim Croll, the agency’s solid-waste director. The city outlawed recyclable items from the trash nine years ago, but SPU has collected less than $2,000 in fines since then, Croll says. 'The point isn’t to raise revenue,' he said. 'We care more about reminding people to separate their materials.'"

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Another terrible article courtesy of samzenpus

[damn_registrars]

Even for the samzenpus failure machine, this article is terrible. In this case, the headline is a complete fabrication that does not reflect the reality of the article it links to or the ordinance passed by Seattle City Council. Sure, samzenpus is a hacktacular idiot who has many times before posted various rallying calls for conservatives to come have a circle-jerk here at slashdot, but this is even terrible for him. Will his next posting to the front page be about the "latte salute" from Obama?

Samzenpus, isn't it time you go find a job you're qualified for? You certainly aren't qualified as an editor, even at this website. Fox News might be hiring... or maybe townhall.com?

Re:Another terrible article courtesy of samzenpus

[kelemvor4]

Apparently they see that disposing of food in trash bins instead of compost is a waste. I don't see the problem with the headline.

If you read TFA, the law seems to be about getting people to put stuff in the right bin. TFS makes it sound like the law is about waste. TFS seems and the headline seem to be deliberately misleading

Here's a quote from TFA:

“The point isn’t to raise revenue,” he said. “We care more about reminding people to separate their materials.”

Re:Another terrible article courtesy of samzenpus

[halivar]

to excite slashdot's conservative majority

Um, yeah, that's crazy talk.

Re:Another terrible article courtesy of samzenpus

[oh_my_080980980]

Slashdot: "Seattle Passes Laws To Keep Residents From Wasting Food"

Seattle Times: "Seattle OKs $1 fine for adding too much food to garbage bins
Seattle residents could start getting small fines next year for putting too much compostable material into the trash."

Those two titles don't agree with each other. The goal is not about stopping food waste but to make sure that compostable material does not end up in the trash.

Somebody failed reading comprehension.

Re:Another terrible article courtesy of samzenpus

[ScentCone]

to excite slashdot's conservative majority

OK, you got me. For a moment there I thought you were taking yourself seriously, and having a rant, however misguided. It's a shame there's no satire/sarcasm tag to reward you for your sense of humor. That was a good one!

Re:Another terrible article courtesy of samzenpus

[Wycliffe]

If the conservatives didn't have the overwhelming majority voice here then why do all the front page articles sway to their side when they are about political topics?

I know it's hard to believe but there are more than 2 sides to the political spectrum. There's not just conservatives and
liberals. You're probably right that the majority of slashdot is "anti nanny state" but that doesn't mean that the majority
are conservatives. The "anti nanny state" people are a mixture of anarchists, libertarians, conservatives, independents,
and probably a few other groups I'm forgetting.

If you want proof that slashdot is not majority conservative then look at how slashdot responds to issues like drug laws,
global warming, evolution, the big bang, gay marriage, or anything religious and see if you still have the same opinion.

Re:Another terrible article courtesy of samzenpus

[Anonymous Coward]

he is trying to stir up fear of the imminent government takeover and micromanagement of your life.

Not hard to do. Consider this micromanaging of your life by the nanny-state government:
* Federal law restricts how much water can go down the drain each time you flush the toilet.
* Federal law restricts how much electricity light bulbs may use.
* Bloomberg tried to restrict the size of soft drinks.
* Multiple states have restricted the number of rounds of ammo in a magazine.
* Federal law mandates air bags in your car while some states don't even mandate helmets for riding a motorcycle.
* Federal law mandates GPS in your phone so they know where you are.

Do I need to go on or do you get the point?

Re:Another terrible article courtesy of samzenpus

[Anonymous Coward]

"I chose to respond by going out at night and spreading my garbage up and down the streets."

Yeah, our culture on the West Coast sucks, and you are the sane one..... Moron.

Re:Another terrible article courtesy of samzenpus

[Anonymous Coward]

You act like people trying to stir up a furor about the nanny state is a bad thing.

Re:Another terrible article courtesy of samzenpus

[whistlingtony]

• Why is it bad that federal law mandates that toilets not be wasteful? Who gives a shit, if you'll pardon the pun? That's a good thing.
• Why is it bad that federal law mandates listing the wattage used on a bulb? I can't make informed decisions if I don't have good information. Why is it bad that federal law mandates low wattage bulbs? Again, WGAS?
• I don't live in NYC. I don't care about soft drink sizes. Also, you could drink as much soda as you wanted... just get two. WGAS?
• magazine rounds. WGAS? If you need to go on a killing spree just bring more magazines....
• Air bags are a good thing. So are helmets. So... what's your point? Some states let people do stupid things? WGAS?
• No they don't.... I can turn my GPS off... of course, they can track what cell tower I'm talking to at the moment.

There's no conspiracy here. Welcome to a civilized society. We have rules. Wwwwwooooooo!!!!! Big Scary Rules! There's no takeover. There's no micromanaging of your life. I live on the West Coast, in Portland, a supposed Liberal Bastion, and I live in Not Legal housing. Nobody gives a shit. The city knows....

I just don't see why you people need to be victims. It's like you're not happy unless someone is repressing you, and if no one is you have to invent someone...

The weird thing is, there are plenty of REAL instances of government oppressing people. Conservatives are usually the first to defend the government when that happens.... If those black people would just $BLAH that wouldn't have happened....

This has nothing to do with wasting food

[damn_registrars]

Why does the headline pretend that it does? Didn't the person who posted this bother to read the article before passing it through to the front page?

And what does it have to do with technology?

Re:This has nothing to do with wasting food

[QuietLagoon]

...And what does it have to do with technology?

I've been noticing a trend in many of the articles that make it to the front page here. The trend is towards more inflammatory political-oriented articles that have little or only a marginal relation to technology.

.
Maybe after the failed site redesign, the new owners are trying to increase page hits by turning /. into a drudge-like site with lots of misleading headlines.

Re:Ooops ... sorry

[i kan reed]

And then immediately asking your city to take away for you, to a landfill, that they have to not only manage and use the space for, but be responsible for the environmentla stewardship of for decades afterwards.

You buy and safely manage your own private dump, and then you can throw as much compost out as you want.