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Delivery logistics have advanced dramatically and is trending towards near-realtime. For everything that is delivered, some non-trivial percentage of that needs to be taken away as trash. But there is no incentive to improve trash pickup logistics.

Perhaps we could pass laws that require anyone delivering something (hi Amazon) to also take away some proportional amount of trash, removing the externality they currently enjoy. I am sure they would eventually be a lot more efficient at it than the current system.



Yeah I don't want them handling trash, and handling my packages. Last thing I want is trash juice all over my stuff.




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