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Re:'Plastic recycling is a myth': what really happens to you... by dredmorbius on Saturday August 17, 2019 @08:42PM (#20727429)
If someone appropriates property, then have them pay for it.

Mind: if it turns out that there are high-risk environments -- high crime neighbourhoods -- where a financial penalty could prove onerous and avoidance of true theft is difficult, delivery firms would have to come up with some alternative option in which return of the materials is assured. Failure to do so effectively replicates geographic redline or discrimination zones, even if the underlying cost risk models are valid representations of activities.

The point is to manage those risks in a non-discriminatory manner.

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Re:'Plastic recycling is a myth': what really happens to you... by beatgammit on Sunday August 18, 2019 @12:05AM (#20728175)
Wouldn't the solution just be to require signatures for deliveries, or pickup if the customer isn't home? That seems to be the go-to approach for high value packages, so I don't see why the carrier can't just pick up containers when dropping off product, or even just wait a minute while the customer empties the box.

The problem seems solvable and would tremendously help Amazon's image as a green company.

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Re:'Plastic recycling is a myth': what really happens to you... by icelancer on Sunday August 18, 2019 @01:09AM (#20728359)
>> Wouldn't the solution just be to require signatures for deliveries, or pickup if the customer isn't home?

Legitimately everyone would hate this change. People who work 9-5 M-F aren't interested in doing extra work to get their shampoo delivered via signature and/or pickup at some place 15-20 miles away in an industrial area.

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Re:'Plastic recycling is a myth': what really happens to you... by dredmorbius on Sunday August 18, 2019 @04:55AM (#20729065)
It's not the delivery, it's the unboxing.

For a pick-up / package-hold service, the unboxing could be supervised. Delivery drivers aren't going to want to wait for recipients to remove packaging. And in many cases, the signer won't be the same person as the unboxer.

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Re:'Plastic recycling is a myth': what really happens to you... by fao_ on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @11:55AM (#20748398)
"Oh boy, I can't wait to be forced by a big company to unbox my sex toys and lingerie in front of a bored delivery driver"

or even worse, like you said, the signer won't necessarily be the recipient, so:

"Oh boy, I can't wait for my parents to unbox my sex toys and lingerie in front of a bored delivery driver"

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