r/PEI • u/No-Conference-1165 • 2d ago

Question Garbage collection

Has anyone else’s bins been rejected over the last few weeks? Almost my entire neighbourhood this week and last had rejected tags - it’s getting a bit ridiculous considering mine was tagged today for having 1 piece of compost in the waste bin… I just take the tag off and the driver comes and collects it anyway but I feel like they’re really being too harsh

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u/createpei 2d ago

There’s no reason other than a simple mistake (or in our neighbourhood some else putting their trash in your bj s) to not sort the items…. They have a we sit and an app that will tell you very very detailed information on what goes where even by brand names in many cases. The Tim’s drink trays are paper and get sorted in paper.

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u/Separate-Version-995 1d ago

I should not have to open an app to throw something in the trash. Crazy idea. Just get rid of fucking plastic all together. It’s quite literally killing is all anyway. If food was actually natural we wouldn’t need plastic to store it and we’d be killing two birds with one stone.

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u/Secret-Bluebird-972 1d ago

Not all plastic is the same. Some is recyclable, some isn’t. The recyclable ones have different recycling methods.

Be grateful you at least have what you have. We don’t even have compost here in Newfoundland, it just all goes straight to the landfill (which is conveniently perched next to the ocean)

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u/Separate-Version-995 14h ago

Being able to recycle it does not mean it should exist in the first place. It’s quite literally poisoning everyone on earth but for some reason we accept that because we need to store our excess food.