Well you are dealing with the general public. Precise guidelines are pointless outside of 10% of the population (I'm being generous).
There is a lot of conflicting information rolling around the collective knowledge of the public as well.
What really kills me is watching drywall get carted off to the landfill in demolitions. Like ... that can't be 99% recycled and reformed to other drywall? I spend a lot of time and effort recycling and reusing things, but one even minor remodel project (like carpet replacement) is such a massive amount of trash that it seems really pointless.
I've been cleaning out my dead relative's house for a week or so, and I started with entire trailerloads of office paper/magazine/newspaper, then next I'll do electronics, then I start tackling furniture. A big one that seems weird to me is clothes recycling, I have to think that could be reused in insulation or other applications, but there's nowhere I can do it. People think I'm stupid not to just "get a dumpster". It feels much better to recycle a a ton or more of paper rather than just pitch it.
Everyone dies, so estate cleanup should be so much more streamlined:
- paper
- clothes
- appliances
- furniture
- electronics
I would imagine that is about 80% of the bulk of most people's shit (see that? that is my stuff, but see that over there? that is your shit - george carlin, butchered) is those five categories.
And yet everything takes exhaustive research and hunting to find where to properly recycle or handle it. I would guess almost everyone just trashes it all.
There is a lot of conflicting information rolling around the collective knowledge of the public as well.
What really kills me is watching drywall get carted off to the landfill in demolitions. Like ... that can't be 99% recycled and reformed to other drywall? I spend a lot of time and effort recycling and reusing things, but one even minor remodel project (like carpet replacement) is such a massive amount of trash that it seems really pointless.
I've been cleaning out my dead relative's house for a week or so, and I started with entire trailerloads of office paper/magazine/newspaper, then next I'll do electronics, then I start tackling furniture. A big one that seems weird to me is clothes recycling, I have to think that could be reused in insulation or other applications, but there's nowhere I can do it. People think I'm stupid not to just "get a dumpster". It feels much better to recycle a a ton or more of paper rather than just pitch it.
Everyone dies, so estate cleanup should be so much more streamlined:
- paper
- clothes
- appliances
- furniture
- electronics
I would imagine that is about 80% of the bulk of most people's shit (see that? that is my stuff, but see that over there? that is your shit - george carlin, butchered) is those five categories.
And yet everything takes exhaustive research and hunting to find where to properly recycle or handle it. I would guess almost everyone just trashes it all.