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Smashwatermelon t1_j9atmxx wrote

Reply to comment by Unable-Ad3852 in As Battery Fires Mount, Sanitation Department Scrambles to Deal with the Hazardous Aftermath by bikeskata

Home Depot takes batteries for recycling.

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k1lk1 t1_j9b21xf wrote

Great I got to take a bus ride or walk 30 min then

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IloveSeaFoood t1_j9b6dbm wrote

A 30 minute walk or 15 minute bus ride!? The horror!! đŸ˜±đŸ˜±đŸ˜±đŸ˜±đŸ˜±

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eldersveld t1_j9bh0kz wrote

What kind of response is this? In "the greatest city in the world" you should be able to recycle electronics easily. Like, say, a secure and dedicated bin right in front of your house/building.

Ridiculing someone for not wanting to take a trip to recycle shit is a prime example of better-things-aren't-possible-brain and it's just tragic that so many people's vision has been narrowed like this

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jae343 t1_j9bugpm wrote

No such thing as a secure and dedicated bin out in public NYC, there's bound to be some asshole to ruin it for everyone. That's why you can't have nice things here no matter what.

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AnacharsisIV t1_j9c4opd wrote

A 30 minute walk or fifteen minute ride is easy dude. Stop being lazy and get your steps in.

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CloudBoghins t1_j9blhk1 wrote

Ah yes, we should install a million receptacles across the city dedicated to electronic waste because god forbid someone take 30 minutes out of their day to be responsible with their trash.

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eldersveld t1_j9bmzf0 wrote

... yes? Why should the burden be on the individual? Why shouldn't the city be providing more services for its residents?

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AnacharsisIV t1_j9c4uja wrote

You reap the benefits of technological advancement, you are responsible for your waste. If you don't wanna recycle your batteries, don't buy machines with batteries.

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IloveSeaFoood t1_j9bqxun wrote

Why doesn’t the government come and wipe my ass for me every time I take a shit? Why should the burden of being presentable in public be on the individual?

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IloveSeaFoood t1_j9bn2t0 wrote

It blows my mind that there are “New Yorkers” who are beside themselves for having to walk

To me, and probably the majority of New Yorkers who’ve had to walk many miles to do many different chores/leisure activities, a 30 min walk or 15 min bus ride is extremely reasonable for recycling electronics

The two of you strike me as people who actually enjoyed the lockdown so you didn’t have to leave your apartments. That’s really depressing

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spicytoastaficionado t1_j9ctmc4 wrote

You're missing the point.

If the city wants to encourage responsible e-waste disposal, they should make the process as convenient as possible and promote the hell out of it.

Things like having more SAFE disposal events. Expanding battery pickup beyond Staten Island. Do more to promote the resources available via 311 to find drop-off locations. Do more PSAs to let people know how the recycling process works.

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eldersveld t1_j9bnepx wrote

So the answer is “it’s always been this way, fuck ever making things better”? That’s the same shortsighted idiocy people use to justify being against student loan forgiveness

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IloveSeaFoood t1_j9bqqcm wrote

No, the answer is that this is such an insignificant problem that it really doesn’t warrant the time and energy spent on trying to improve something that really doesn’t need to be improved

Electronic recycling and student loan forgiveness are completely different orders of magnitude

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atyppo t1_j9dq54c wrote

Sorry, but given that I witnessed two separate people too lazy to hold onto their trash until they got off of the subway today, I don't have any faith in NY's ability to do that. If they want to promote battery recycling, it needs to be far more convenient than a 30 minute minimum roundtrip.

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IloveSeaFoood t1_j9etwn2 wrote

So if they’re too lazy to walk 10 feet to throw out trash, how would the government spending millions to put a designated electronics recycling bin in front of every property help?

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atyppo t1_j9fhuw8 wrote

Because the average person is not going to take 30 minutes out of their day to recycle batteries. If you're willing to do that, then great, but most people are simply not going to do that. How hard is that for you to understand?

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IloveSeaFoood t1_j9foimq wrote

Ok and if the average person is too lazy to throw away their garbage at one of the receptacles on every corner, or too lazy to hold it until they get off the train, why would they give a shit if there’s a receptacle for electronic recycling outside of their home

The people who recycle anyway WILL take a short walk or bus ride to dispose of electronics properly. The ones who litter indiscriminately probably don’t even know you’re supposed to dispose of electronics a certain way, and definitely won’t start if a receptacle is outside their home.

Believe it or not, sometimes the issue doesn’t get solved by spending millions of taxpayer dollars for no reason

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