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mmmarvel says

They created nine new positions for people to look through other people's garbage to ensure that you do not mix recycles with garbage and vice-versa

I wonder what is their salary, pensions , benefits ?

lostand confused says

I wonder what is their salary, pensions , benefits ?

Looking for a new career?? And up till now I thought toll-booth collector was one of the worst jobs out there.

Ironman says

Oh, you're so un-American...

Now it is un-American to express your free speech. Obozo the clown saying anti-immigrant discourse is un-American. crickets on El Chap threatening a presidential candidate's life-but free speech by the opposition-oh no. But why am I surprised from the man who used the Espionage act more than all presidents combined?? Anything against his positon is un-American and if the poor sap was not as well known as Trump, he would be in jail now.

http://news.yahoo.com/anti-immigrant-discourse-un-american-obama-010930059.html;_ylt=AwrC1DFTN_hVSTUAoIvQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTByOHZyb21tBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--

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In most households there is a guardian of the recycling bin. This self-anointed guru of garbage maintains constant surveillance over what is tossed into the bin and what winds up in the regular garbage. He or she has memorized the precise rules from the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County or similar municipal recycling entity.
In a phrase: Thou shalt not mingle garbage and recycling.
Try to toss a disposable plastic bag in the recycling? Tut tut tut. Doesn't belong there. A slightly soiled takeout container? Gotta wash it thoroughly. Hey ... was that a corncob that somehow found its way into the recycling when it clearly should be in the garbage?
We support recycling, and our bins fill quickly and often. But if a nonrecyclable strays into the recycling, we don't consider it a crime.
Seattle does.
Its garbage collectors leave behind a Sticker of Shame to warn scofflaws of their trash-sorting transgressions.
And now, the Emerald City has authorized cash fines if 10 percent of items intended for the yard-and-food-waste container instead wind up in recycling. The fines could range from $1 for a single family home to $50 for a business.
The prospect of garbage collectors eyeballing trash and making a 10 percent calculation on the fly has prompted privacy advocates to sue the city to stop enforcement. Lawyers for the Pacific Legal Foundation argue that the government is trashing citizens' privacy rights in its zeal to make sure food scraps are in their proper receptacle. "A person has a legitimate expectation that the contents of his or her garbage cans will remain private and free from government inspection," the suit says.
While the courts ponder, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has said the public has been cooperating so well that he has suspended the fines, which were to start in July.
Smart move there, Mayor. We can only imagine the angry calls from Seattle residents challenging the calculating ability of the garbage collectors.
The city says the collectors can't open trash bags, and containers "are only tagged if the contamination is clearly visible." But Pacific Legal Foundation's Brian Hodges tell us that training documents his office has obtained show that Seattle "instructs trash collectors to lift bags to search deeper areas of the cans, open untied bags, peer through tears in opaque bags, and look at the contents of clear or translucent bags." Ick.
There's much to admire about greener-than-green Seattle, but peering into people's garbage is ... a bit much.
Seattle, the trick is to find and deputize the recycling zealots in each household to keep recalcitrant family members in line. Let them dole out the Stickers of Shame. Let them harangue the Refuseniks.. Why not a block-by-block competition? We admit that, since ComEd started sending out mailings that show how much electricity we use compared to our neighbors, we've been ... chagrined. And inspired to lecture other family members to go easy on the thermostat.
Make it fun. Make it a challenge. Make it ... an app?
Think outside the bin, Seattle.

mmmarvel says

I don't recycle (outside of old motor oil)

I had my own experience with that. Several years ago I got my '56 Cadillac out for an exercise run and put $5.00 in the tank at the RaceWay, less than five gallons at the time and the tank was nearly empty. After driving up I-35 about two miles the motor began cutting out (this was the day before Thanksgiving and the traffic was heavy)--I made it off the exit but stalled at the stop sign. Some kind motorists helped hand push me to a station on the other side of the freeway. I tried priming for 30 minutes but it would never run. I called a wrecker and had it carried back to my garage. After the holidays a friend brought an electric fuel pump over and pumped as much fuel out of the tank as possible, maybe four gallons. After priming the two carbs several times accompanied with much backfiring and sputtering, it finally ran right. I quit using the RaceWay and never had any more trouble. I had this bad gasoline that I wanted to dispose of in the proper manner--I called a recycling place thinking they might charge me $20-30 for the service. Imagine my shock when they said it would cost $125! For four gallons of gasoline! I took it and dumped it at the edge of the back yard and said to hell with it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/QFfHT50s7-4

Everyone knows that when one's garbage is picked up,it disappears & is never a problem since it no longer exist.

lostand confused says

I wonder what is their salary, pensions , benefits ?

Government gets very luxurious with benefits when it involves taxing general public.

"A person has a legitimate expectation that the contents of his or her garbage cans will remain private and free from government inspection,"

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Why is that? I thought it was common knowledge that once you put it at the curb, is public domain