Master-Ota t1_iud30p4 wrote
Passing laws with absolutely zero infrastructure to support said changes? Typical.
wolf95oct0ber t1_iudb6l6 wrote
I’m not arguing this is perfect or enough, but there isn’t zero infrastructure: “Since the first waste bans were introduced, Massachusetts municipalities and businesses - often supported by MassDEP grants and technical assistance - have developed new infrastructure to collect banned items and other discarded materials, and to divert them from disposal to reuse and recycling.” info on waste bans
SharpCookie232 t1_iudheb6 wrote
Where do you live? I'm in a small suburban town more than a half hour outside of Boston and we have at least a dozen donation bins around, plus organizations that will pick up, thrift stores that take donations all day every day, and a textile drive at school.
masshole4life t1_iuemko0 wrote
sounds like a scheme to get people to burden charities with their unusable trash rather than municipalities whose responsibilities include...trash disposal programs.
people already abuse those bins with trash to the point many in the worcester area have been removed.
charity dropoffs are not supposed to be a rubbish disposal. now, if the state will allow these charities to dump for free so they may alleviate this sudden huge burden, then that would be somewhat reasonable. but expecting charities to absorb the burdens of this short sighted decision is bullshit.
SharpCookie232 t1_iuer3n6 wrote
The point of the law is that used textiles aren't trash. If they aren't in good enough condition to be worn, they can be turned into insulation or rags.
masshole4life t1_iuesuvf wrote
but why is it the charity's job to collect, store, sort, and ship these textiles? if it's that easy then why don't municipalities set up "used textile" bins rather than shifting the burden to nonprofits?
SharpCookie232 t1_iufor3y wrote
It's not a burden - they make money from it which they use to support whatever cause their organization is all about. It wouldn't be worth it for municipalities. You need to do it on a large scale. Savers processes 700 million pounds of clothing per year.
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techsavior t1_iud6m5b wrote
Welcome to politics in general, it’s not just a Massachusetts thing.
dirkvonnegut t1_iud7frr wrote
Gonna see a lot more mattresses in our woods and lakes. Politicians always seem to think laws work like magic.
Garethx1 t1_iudunqx wrote
Where do you live that the municipalities still took matresses with trash pick up? I cant think of any around me that do. Just like with this law, you already had to bring them to the transfer station and pay separately.
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