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Originally Posted by ryan_mcgreal
When City Council was considering its one-bag (er, make that two-bag) policy, I recommended simply cutting garbage collection to once every two weeks - with recycling and green bin collection still coming every week. Other municipalities that have done this have had remarkable success at diverting waste without having to impose punitive sanctions. |
Did you look to see if these cities garbage collectors are private or city employees? Because cutting garbage pick up for every 2 weeks instead of once a week I imagine would be difficult to do with unionized garbage collectors, you'll be cutting their hours.