Bob - I understand why you wouldn't like paying for compactor repairs if someone else did the damage. But this, at least in our bldg, made everyone much more careful about what they throw out and how.

Charging all shareholders equally for repair costs if the guilty party isn't known eliminated our need for repairs to the extent we needed them which was often. It was a wake-up call to be more responsible and more considerate of fellow shareholders. If we don't charge everyone for repairs in this way, it's money out of operating funds that all shareholders contribute to anyway. They (apparently) realize if they are all careful about trash disposal it means less money overall out of their pockets.

This may not work in all bldgs but it has for us.