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Re:Plastic recycling is a problem consumers can't solve by wutbrodo on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @04:51PM (#17411752)
Do you feel the same way about putting your trash in bins (or even bags), as opposed to leaving individual items strewn about your lawn for them to pick up? Do you feel the same way about getting your car to the mechanic instead of having him pick it up from wherever you left it?

The line you're drawing to define "labor done on behalf of a paid service provider" is laughably ridiculous. The service they provide is "picking up sorted bins of trash". You're not "doing their work for them" to meet the terms of the paid service agreement.

Re:Plastic recycling is a problem consumers can't solve by monort on Thursday June 28, 2018 @03:30AM (#17414800)
I can get the car picked-up for repair if I want to. Where can I subscribe for a service "picking up unsorted garbage"? The problem is that garbage collectors are granted monopoly and use it to extract free labor from customers.
Re:Plastic recycling is a problem consumers can't solve by thecrazyone on Thursday June 28, 2018 @04:11AM (#17414986)
This is govt monopoly btw, not some private monopoly like Google (which is earned and can go away).
Re:Plastic recycling is a problem consumers can't solve by Firadeoclus on Thursday June 28, 2018 @09:59AM (#17416891)
No one stops anyone from providing that service.
Re:Plastic recycling is a problem consumers can't solve by monort on Thursday June 28, 2018 @10:13AM (#17416997)
Maybe it depends on the city, but often it's a municipal government granted monopoly. E.g. in San Francisco it's Recology.

https://www.aoausa.com/magazine/?p=4982

I bet, each city, that enforces waste sorting, has a monopoly.

Re:Plastic recycling is a problem consumers can't solve by Firadeoclus on Friday June 29, 2018 @10:32AM (#17424719)
Sorry, I should have been clearer. What I meant is a sorting service, not a collection service.