Is what counts as waste a bit of a personal pet peeve? At least some of the time? I live in the desert southwest. I obsessively empty leftover water from containers or dump my ice in plants. I found a half empty water bottle in a parking lot and dumped the water on a plant before throwing it away.

April 07, 2026 - 01:48 UTC

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Reducing "garbage juice" for sanitation workers is reason enough to dump out random containers.
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I personally agree with that opinion but have friends who'd say «If a (specialized) worker gets paid to do that, why should I»
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I do believe that is the crux of the issue here, as well as disagreements on the definition of what is and is not necessary.
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We may disagree over what are externalities (as in things that may negatively affect others).
In this case, the water itself *I* may ignore as I live in a currently wet area, but the whole idea of bottled water, the plastic and transportation costs has me annoyed.
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A big problem is what's right strongly depends where your living, in a deserted region conserving water is smart but for me in Europe its unnecessary extras. You can't apply all "waste" universally equal to everyone.
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Lol, well, there are at least 2 of us out here doing this, then. I will dump unfinished cups of water onto the plants in the parking lot.

Also because it sucks to have to take out a trash bag that is full of sloshing liquid. If it breaks, that's crash out fuel for the day.
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It also feels slightly insane to put such a desired resource in the desert like water into the landfill, never to see a plant again in like thousands of years.
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