Bay Area

Another excuse to extract money from residents through technology.

Fuck technology.

I regret working in any of it.

If there are cameras it should be easy to apply credits to days we don't put bins out like vacations, right?

Riiiiight?

Waste Management tried that same shit on me.

Someone put stuff in my bin after I put it out. They tried to give me a strike.

The next door neighbor bin was overfilled. They tried giving me a strike.

Their AI camera thought it saw something in my bin. They tried giving me a strike.

Each time I contacted them to formally contest the accusation. They said there’s no way to contest these. I said if there’s a penalty, I have a right to due process and contacted my city council.

The garbage company stopped harassing me with BS warnings.

I'm surprised they weren't already doing this, as it's pretty commonplace around the world. It makes sense that people that overfull their bins should pay for a larger bin, as otherwise the people that don't overfill their bin are essentially subsidizing them.

My street is a heavily trafficked one. There's always can-collecters -some leave the bins a mess while others are very neat. Occasionally we have someone out of their mind, going through everything, creating an absolute mess for the trash fairies. The trash fairies typically just clean it up best they can like a miracle worker. I've had random people dump things on the sidewalks of my block. Or use my bins. Too many variables to enforce on my block.

Viewing a picture of a bin doesn't always provide context or a clear idea of what's going on. It really should be up to the discretion of the trash fairies collecting the trash. Even if recology trained them to be more strict about their enforcement, it would make more sense than the stupid cameras.

My trash fairies arrive around 5am-6am in the morning, but it can vary. everyone puts bins out the night before. We can't be responsible for monitoring our bins overnight.