atyppo t1_j9fhuw8 wrote on February 21, 2023 at 3:31 PM

Reply to comment by IloveSeaFoood in As Battery Fires Mount, Sanitation Department Scrambles to Deal with the Hazardous Aftermath by bikeskata

Because the average person is not going to take 30 minutes out of their day to recycle batteries. If you're willing to do that, then great, but most people are simply not going to do that. How hard is that for you to understand?

IloveSeaFoood t1_j9foimq wrote on February 21, 2023 at 4:16 PM

Ok and if the average person is too lazy to throw away their garbage at one of the receptacles on every corner, or too lazy to hold it until they get off the train, why would they give a shit if there’s a receptacle for electronic recycling outside of their home

The people who recycle anyway WILL take a short walk or bus ride to dispose of electronics properly. The ones who litter indiscriminately probably don’t even know you’re supposed to dispose of electronics a certain way, and definitely won’t start if a receptacle is outside their home.

Believe it or not, sometimes the issue doesn’t get solved by spending millions of taxpayer dollars for no reason