http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2008/10/06/we-have-a-garbage-problem/ The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design. - F.A. Hayek Thu, 24 May 2012 03:09:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2008/10/06/we-have-a-garbage-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-1167 Colin Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:04:39 +0000 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2008/10/06/we-have-a-garbage-problem/#comment-1167 In Portland, OR, you just dump all your recyclables into one container (except glass in a separate bag), and the City sorts them for you. But now people complain about the roller carts being too big and unwieldy. In Portland, OR, you just dump all your recyclables into one container (except glass in a separate bag), and the City sorts them for you. But now people complain about the roller carts being too big and unwieldy.

]]> http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2008/10/06/we-have-a-garbage-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-1166 JP Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:52:29 +0000 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2008/10/06/we-have-a-garbage-problem/#comment-1166 But spreading this common sense would prevent beautiful motion pictures like WALL-E from being produced :) But spreading this common sense would prevent beautiful motion pictures like WALL-E from being produced

]]> http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2008/10/06/we-have-a-garbage-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-1165 Michael Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:58:23 +0000 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2008/10/06/we-have-a-garbage-problem/#comment-1165 When I was a little kid, I thought about opening a business where I just hire people to separate garbage as it comes in to be recycled. Now that I'm older I understand that it would have been a good idea except that recycling doesn't pay, at least in America. China's a bit different, though: http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK108829. When I was a little kid, I thought about opening a business where I just hire people to separate garbage as it comes in to be recycled. Now that I’m older I understand that it would have been a good idea except that recycling doesn’t pay, at least in America. China’s a bit different, though: http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK108829.

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