Why is recycling not done at the level of the dumps themselves by professionals as opposed to individual people?

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People are always expected to recycle themselves, but wouldn’t going through the garbage be easier in the dumps themselves to sift all recyclable waste from non-recyclable waste and sending it to the appropriate places be a more efficient and reliable way of doing things? Is this being done in any country, and if not, why not?

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It would be a massive, dangerous and near impossible task to sift through all the trash that people produce to sort through, and alot of what might be recyclable can get ruined by getting shit all over it. Having people sort through it first makes the process of secondary sorting (becasue that does get done) much easier.

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