Yeah honestly can they open up more "Beer Store"-style recycling drop offs? That way they could not process the useless/dirty stuff and keep the good stuff?
Maybe give out like 1 cent per X grams of plastic to incentivize people?
That or we can go full Taiwan and basically force people/companies to do things properly.
Yeah same in my apartment. Bins are filled with incorrect items, and clearly dirty. I bring all my organized and clean recycling but know deep down its just going to a landfill or be burned.
On top of that, the bin categories are weird and it's really confusing. IE there is a bin that says "Bottles and Cans", and another that says "Paper and Cardboard". What about other plastics?
People will do whatever is easiest, even if they are decent people. We need better policies and systems to ~~force~~ incentivize people to follow the rules.
Edit: typos