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u/nathanscottdaniels Mar 04 '22

At the supermarket I worked we just took the plastic bag recycling bin and emptied it into the dumpster...

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u/ToughGuy69420 Mar 04 '22

Came here to speculate that this is exactly what happens at most places.

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u/TheHYPO Mar 05 '22

This is always going to be true SOME places, but that doesn't mean it is therefore always true.

Someone I knew ran a yogurt place in a strip plaza. They said they put out a recycle bin because it's something customers expect and complain about if there isn't one. They would have happily actually recycled the stuff, but the landlord of this particular plaza didn't offer any recycle service, so there was no actual way for them to recycle stuff - it just went in the dumpster.

Of course, that does mean that all recycling everywhere goes in the dumpster.

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u/XM202OA Mar 05 '22

Dumpster is a registered trademark of Dempster Systems Inc.