I seriously have to question why we bother with recycling bins in my town. There is literally no reason for them to exist any longer. Seconds upon placing a can in the trash, a crackhead will come up and take it. Don’t believe me? As I was stopped at a gas station today, I decided to empty the trash out my car. The timeframe between placing a can in the recycling bin and the moment a crackhead came up to take said can out was less than a minute. I had also thrown a can in the trash, as I couldn’t be bothered to sort every little item. The crackhead also went through the trash container to collect the can there as well. So I could have thrown my can into either receptacle and it would still have been collected. I’m not making life any easier for him by placing it directly in the recycling, as he will still check in the trash. Technically, I could have just left it on the sidewalk, and he would have picked it up. If not him, then someone else. Hence, not only does the recycling bin not count for anything, but the trash can has become outdated as well. Fascinating, when you think about it. I can litter without littering.
Why does this occur? Well Abbotsford is the murder capital of Canada. Those murders are connected with the drug trade. Abbotsford is flooded with drugs of all kinds, shapes and descriptions. Shit I’ve never heard about, probably, and gangs are at war over who controls it. Who’s buying all these drugs? It’s not just the poor, it’s all kinds of people, but the more drugs you buy the poorer you get. Then you’re reduced to rummaging through trash cans for pop bottles to buy more drugs. Sure, not everyone in this situation is a drug addict, but society treats them all with the same regard, so what difference is a little distinction going to make? Fact of the matter is: living in an apartment building, I see these people as often as I see my neighbours as I enter and exit the facility. They’re unavoidable. My bags of trash are cut open, rummaged through, and sorted, making the recycling bins next to the dumpster good for cardboard and plastic only. With cans and bottles I can do whatever the hell I want.
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