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* {{light|(''undecided'')}} | * {{light|(''undecided'')}} | ||
** Make businesses pay to have their trash removed. | ** Make businesses pay to have their trash removed. | ||
*** <small>This is already implemented in some jurisdictions.</small> | *** <small style="color:#777">This is already implemented in some jurisdictions.</small> | ||
*** <small>For people / residential, trash removal could still remain free (publicly funded).</small> | *** <small style="color:#777">For people / residential, trash removal could still remain free (publicly funded).</small> | ||
*** '''Problem:''' We'd need an '''additional''' policy/law to '''prevent''' businesses from '''locking their dumpsters'''. | *** '''Problem:''' We'd need an '''additional''' policy/law to '''prevent''' businesses from '''locking their dumpsters'''. | ||
**** Locking is often motivated by fear that everyone else will dump trash in the business's dumpster, which would cost the business money. | **** Locking is often motivated by fear that everyone else will dump trash in the business's dumpster, which would cost the business money. | ||
***** {{minor|I'm not sure how | ***** {{minor|I'm not sure how justified this concern is for business owners. Residential & public areas have their own garbage bins anyway. The occasional dumping would probably be dwarfed by the business's own trash. But it's possible that many businesses would lock their dumpsters "just in case".}} | ||
**** Dumpster locking prevents anyone from recovering the leftover baked goods, making it harder to solve the food waste problem. | **** Dumpster locking prevents anyone from recovering the leftover baked goods, making it harder to solve the food waste problem. | ||
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