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InevitableSwing [none/use name] @hexbear.net

9mo ago

Do you do this?

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You should look up the disposal guidelines for sharp objects for your area
No need to slice up a sanitation worker's hands for no reason
I dump all of mine at the beach when I take my old car batteries to feed the eels
- Oh you’re where we get all the sea glass from
- the beach is HUNGRY
Broken glass
What it's something really good but with a disguised label
... are we not supposed to put it in the recycling for some reason
- my local recycling place doesn't take glass
  
  Whaaa that's insane. Glass is a classico style recyclable
Yeah I picked it up from my grandmother. Broken glass goes into a marked container so the trash bros don't get hurt. I don't know if the trash bros actually see it though since it's in a bag.
never thought of doing this but its pretty based actually
Death to America
I do this for the sanitation workers. Dumpster divers are just a bonus I suppose.
- yeah this is pretty real, especially with recycling where there's more likely to be human intervention in processing that stream. I knew someone who worked in one of those places. It was a "here's some inadequate PPE but the job is unachievable if you actually wear it all, you'll get used to all the broken glass and needles" situation
  
  Jfc
Yes, chemistry class taught me to
if I see a box like this I'm assuming it has treasure and immediately shoveling it's contents into my mouth without checking it first
That dude searching for his bitcoin hard drive will appreciate your consideration
Yeah I do, in a bag or sth but not loose. Never thought about it for the dumpster divers but for the guys who have to throw those bags around. But here it's recyclable
I also wrap razor blades in cardboard
- It's good practice.
If I can't take it to the recycling center, for whatever reason, yeah. Sometimes I've taken two strips of duct tape and sandwiched the shards between them when I didn't have a box or small plastic bottle/tub to use.
I think glass goes in the recycling and the recycling centres don't like it when you put stuff in other containers
- I googled.
  Recycle Coach
  The bottom line is that recycling companies do not accept broken container glass.
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  Ninja edit. I just realized it's surely US only info. Other places? I have no idea
  
  Hmm, maybe they do want box glass. I'll check, its something that rarely comes up (I usually have cans)
I do but I don't label it. I guess anybody going thru my trash should mind any taped up boxes that sounds like there's a bunch of broken glass inside
yes but I do wonder if it really matters
where I am all the recycling is mechanically dumped into a truck with enough force that there is no way that a significant amount of the glass isn't broken by the process
yeah. got in the habit at work when we have to sweep up broken glass to protect the maintenance worker when they take out the trash
thought there's a good chance someone is handling the municipal waste too although i think it's just cubed and dumped into a landfill by a truck. but you never know
while we're on this topic what the fuck do you do with the tops of cans? that shits sharp af, i try to leave them attached/bent in so theyre not just like loose ninja stars but surely they break off... sorry to anyone who has to deal with garbage i genuinely dunno wtf to do
- Put em back into the can when I've emptied it. If I'm at a place that gets emptied rarely then I also stomp the cans flat
  
  oh, (carefully) stomping them is a good idea, i try not to deform them because i have no idea how they get the labels off but idk if it matters
- Get a different can opener. They make them now that don't leave sharp edges at all.
  
  I was thinking about ring-pulls though. As my fingers can attest, those are plenty sharp and I often think they must present a hazard to disposal workers but idk what to do about it
- You put them in the metal recycling with the rest of the can.
- Usually I put them back in the can and then bend the lid so they can't fall out.
Usually, but sometimes a random mess has me forgetting in the moment.
in my area we have a separate tub for glass, and it doesn't get collected, we just fill it then take it to the recycling centre where there's a bottle bank or a bin for broken glass
You could try leaving your broken glass near your local police station
I just wrap shit like that in paper before binning it, more so at work where its more likely someone'll dig through the bin
I do now
Well I've never thought about that before but I will in the future.
I thought you were supposed to label it sharps. It's too bad my house doesn't have a sharps disposal slot (hole in wall) and I don't want to add one.

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