Spent 14 months trying to get my apartment building to recycle properly

I live in a 12 unit building in Portland. The recycling bin kept getting contaminated with plastic bags and food waste. I talked to the property manager 8 times. Sent emails. Posted signs. Even offered to sort it myself. Nothing worked until the city threatened a fine. 14 months for something that should take one conversation.

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drew80513d agoMost Upvoted

Oh come on, you really think the property manager should have fixed this after one conversation? You lived with it for 14 months and that tells me the building probably has a mixture of tenants who just don't care or can't be bothered to read the recycling rules posted on the bin.

fiona_reed13d ago

14 months? You seriously dealt with that mess for over a year before saying something? I would have been calling the property manager every day after the first week.