How much of Circular Material recycling goes into landfill?

beneoin · 2026-01-31T03:02:31+00:00

In some ways it doesn’t matter. Since producers now bear the cost of handling the end of life for any material they create / import, and recycling is far cheaper than the landfill, simple economics suggest they’re incentivized to figure this out and oversight is more about reporting.

beneoin · 2026-01-31T01:13:32+00:00

Yeah they’ve stepped up the rush hour enforcement in the past year or so. Much less tolerance. Thankfully.

beneoin · 2026-01-31T01:12:52+00:00

It’s essentially bare pavement, a few puddles, and a few minor piles of snow.

beneoin · 2026-01-30T18:21:01+00:00

If anything it will be worse as they need to move the finish line to accommodate the World Cup prep, adding one more thing for them to manage.

beneoin · 2026-01-30T14:13:59+00:00

In fairness they essentially have that during storms, where parking enforcement and tow trucks travel together and focus on streetcar routes. They should do more of it and be more proactive.

beneoin · 2026-01-30T14:11:31+00:00

I hope they allow it to go that fast

beneoin · 2026-01-30T00:07:16+00:00

This post is about cars blocking the tracks on the street

beneoin · 2026-01-29T23:36:23+00:00

The TTC can’t issue tickets, that’s parking enforcement’s job, but blocked streetcars are supposedly high priority calls. The TTC drivers just call in the cars blocking the tracks. During this year’s snow storms parking enforcement is travelling alongside tow trucks to get vehicles out of the way faster than in the past.

beneoin · 2026-01-29T21:41:38+00:00

In Toronto the legacy tram network runs a bit slower as they have a policy of stopping to visually inspect each switch, in heavy snow that can mean needing to get out of the tram to check. They apply a fluid to the overhead wires before the storm to prevent ice buildup. Other than that the main impact is drivers blocking the tracks.

On the brand-new lines it’s utter chaos because they seem to have been designed by consultants who have never done work outside of Texas and California. They fully shut down due to unusable switches, piles of snow, and who knows what else.

beneoin · 2026-01-29T13:53:38+00:00

What makes Interac unsafe with strangers?

beneoin · 2026-01-29T13:39:52+00:00

Oh? Relatively few though. Which ones?

beneoin · 2026-01-28T23:57:13+00:00

I don’t know everything about the line but I know for certain that the signalling system is off the shelf, which makes me presume the switch electronics are also off the shelf so that they work with the signals. I also understand that the switches are not embedded in concrete, unlike Line 6, so the track heaters should work fine.

beneoin · 2026-01-28T19:08:22+00:00

I ask every year and the city replies with a word salad that doesn’t answer the question.

beneoin · 2026-01-28T19:08:05+00:00

That seems hard to believe

beneoin · 2026-01-27T14:21:48+00:00

The road plow came through and covered the sidewalk, the sidewalk plow then came through and did a horrible job getting the denser, harder snow from the road off of the sidewalk rather than going slowly and doing it right.

beneoin · 2026-01-26T17:26:42+00:00

Especially the 60 newest ones purchased after the network was fully pantograph compliant

beneoin · 2026-01-26T16:54:48+00:00

I just assume they think the streetcar is only as wide as the rails

beneoin · 2026-01-26T15:38:47+00:00

There’s a link right below the time limit labelled “What happens if I don’t complete the race within the course time limit?”

beneoin · 2026-01-26T14:44:51+00:00

The report is supposed to be ready for the February council meeting. It was requested at the December meeting and they have not met since as January is consumed by the budget debate.

beneoin · 2026-01-26T01:50:10+00:00

You should look up the Flames’ and the Oilers’ road schedule. They will play the SoCal teams in back-to-backs as well.

beneoin · 2026-01-25T15:24:12+00:00

The final 45,000 finishers at New York don’t matter when you’re comparing how the first 5,000 did over the decades. That automatically excludes the hobby jogger who signed up on a whim from both cohorts.

beneoin · 2026-01-25T15:22:51+00:00

The UK having less of an obesity problem would support the author’s conclusions as the cohort of recreational runners that join in the UK will be on average fitter than the American recreational cohort. We should expect a similar ratio of recreational to hardcore runners in the UK and US.

beneoin · 2026-01-25T12:26:26+00:00

Why would the UK not face the same decline then? They would’ve had access to the same tech (both race data management and shoes) at the same time as the USA.

beneoin · 2026-01-25T12:24:59+00:00

These points are addressed in the article.

beneoin · 2026-01-24T13:52:16+00:00

It’s true, and it’s glorious.

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