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so... for the third time my recycling bin was stolen from my building. the city requires us to call the non-emergency police number to report it stolen, which is fine, but they also still charge us $60 for a new bin. there is no point in reporting it stolen... they are not going to do anything about it. and cans are primarily only stolen in poorer neighborhoods where they can least afford them. on top of that, the city does not allow you to mark you cans so they can be identified easily.
i understand losing the cadillac garbage service but this is ridiculous... what happened to automation making collections cheaper... having serial numbers and chips in the cans so bins can be tracked?
this city...