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  • BobDole [none/use name]
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    19 days ago

    I dump all of mine at the beach when I take my old car batteries to feed the eels

  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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    19 days ago

    Yeah I picked it up from my grandmother. Broken glass goes into a marked container so the trash bros don't get hurt. I don't know if the trash bros actually see it though since it's in a bag.


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  • TheDoctor [they/them]
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    19 days ago

    I do this for the sanitation workers. Dumpster divers are just a bonus I suppose.

    • Chronicon [they/them]
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      19 days ago

      yeah this is pretty real, especially with recycling where there's more likely to be human intervention in processing that stream. I knew someone who worked in one of those places. It was a "here's some inadequate PPE but the job is unachievable if you actually wear it all, you'll get used to all the broken glass and needles" situation

  • merthyr1831@lemmy.ml
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    19 days ago

    if I see a box like this I'm assuming it has treasure and immediately shoveling it's contents into my mouth without checking it first

  • Assian_Candor [comrade/them]
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    19 days ago

    Yeah I do, in a bag or sth but not loose. Never thought about it for the dumpster divers but for the guys who have to throw those bags around. But here it's recyclable

    I also wrap razor blades in cardboard

  • D61 [any]
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    19 days ago

    If I can't take it to the recycling center, for whatever reason, yeah. Sometimes I've taken two strips of duct tape and sandwiched the shards between them when I didn't have a box or small plastic bottle/tub to use.

  • keepcarrot [she/her]
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    19 days ago

    I think glass goes in the recycling and the recycling centres don't like it when you put stuff in other containers

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      19 days ago

      I googled.

      Recycle Coach

      The bottom line is that recycling companies do not accept broken container glass.

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      Ninja edit. I just realized it's surely US only info. Other places? I have no idea

      • keepcarrot [she/her]
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        19 days ago

        Hmm, maybe they do want box glass. I'll check, its something that rarely comes up (I usually have cans)

  • chickentendrils [any, comrade/them]
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    19 days ago

    I do but I don't label it. I guess anybody going thru my trash should mind any taped up boxes that sounds like there's a bunch of broken glass inside

  • BlackDragon [any]
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    19 days ago

    Well I've never thought about that before but I will in the future.