♦ REGISTRY: 15 RECORDS ♦ FAILURES DOCUMENTED: 5 ♦ RUBRIC v1.0 ♦ LAST VERIFICATION 2026-08-16

Failures

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DOCUMENTED FAILURES BY CLASS

8 RECORDS · LAST VERIFIED 2026-08-16

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C4P-CIR-0002Municipal curbside materials recovery (Blue Cart program), Chicago, United States: household diversion stalled near 9 percent across two contract generationsCIRCULARUSE3◐ degraded2026-08-13 C4P-CIR-0003Mandatory three-stream source separation (Ordinance 100-09), San Francisco: the 80 percent diversion headline and the measures that replaced itCIRCULARUSE3◐ degraded2026-08-16 C4P-CIR-0004Municipal curbside recycling collection (City of Deltona), Florida: suspended after the 2018 China National Sword price collapse and not restoredCIRCULARUSE4○ discontinued political2026-08-16 C4P-CST-0001Manila Baywalk dolomite beach nourishment, Manila Bay Rehabilitation Program, PhilippinesCOASTALPHE4◐ unmeasured2026-08-07 C4P-CST-0002Post-tsunami mangrove planting, Sri Lanka: zero survival at 54% of planting attempts nationwideCOASTALLKE2○ failed technical2026-08-13 C4P-CST-0004Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, Louisiana: a USD 2.92 billion estuarine wetland restoration terminated during construction by state decisionCOASTALUSE4○ discontinued political2026-08-16 C4P-URB-0003Million Trees LA canopy initiative, United States: a one-million-tree pledge ended at the 2013 mayoral transition with a reported 407,000 plantedURBAN HEATUSE2○ discontinued political2026-08-13 C4P-WTR-0001Community-managed decentralized wastewater treatment (SANIMAS), Indonesia: post-handover disuse at national scaleWATERIDE2○ failed social2026-08-07

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