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Originally Posted by Xist
Your argument has always been that we should pay people as little as possible to sort it and we always point out that paper and cardboard get ruined that way.
"[A] lot of the plastic China received in recent years was poor quality, and it became difficult to turn a profit.'”
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The definition of waste is something that isn't valuable enough for someone to invest the resources to obtain it.
It's not clear to me that cardboard is anything but waste, but fortunately a "renewable" resource.
I always argue that employers should pay as little as possible to achieve the competent results they desire. Likewise, individuals should maximize the return on their labor which involves becoming highly competent. Those 2 competing interests maximize efficiency which is the same thing as maximizing value for all involved in an economic system.