I always use Kramer and Newman when I recycle.
They’re the best!
that was a classic episode....
Chump change to the real scammers operating in California since the program became law.
I have monitored my local official recycling site two or three times a year since the program began and in EVERY transaction the client was short-changed.*
I see only two explanations for this. First, the accuracy of their scales is NOT monitored by the Counties' department of weights and measures.
Or two, this particular recycler cheats on the tare weight.
No one knows what tolerance they are expected to meet (2% error? 29%?) So the error has remained consistent at 5-10% in the recycling company's favor.
I guess our elected criminals decided that so long as the amount is small, it's fine to cheat tens of millions of recyclers by just a bit.
But it adds up!
* I would make up bags containing 120 counted cans.
I always added one can in case I miscounted.
I never, once, got the full amount of $6.00!
The weights and measures folks should be able easily to calculate the odds of that happening.
But it is definitely grand larceny.