I'm going to try to tread lightly here on this topic. First I really don't like anybody going through my personal trash. As my GF puts it, There's things in there that I don't think is anyone's business (I agree with her on that). If I think I no longer have use for a item and someone else may, I set it on the curb (not in can). I actually want a curb shopper to get those items (not trash company). Now for the city and the trash company, F them! There in bed together, I have lived in the same city for twenty five years, my trash fee is $21.47 every month. Now round that to $20 even and multiply it by 10k and that's $200,000 a month. Now I'm being really conservative, there's way more than 10,000 homes. It really don't matter that's not where trash company makes there money, the big haul is the commercial trash. Now the trash company will typically kick back to the city 10 to 15% for the exclusive rights for that commercial trash ($300,000 to $500,000) per year. So what's the trash company's making on the commercial trash (not hard to figure out). Now do they recycle, very little, just enough to make it look good. Why would they want to, they like trash, they charge commercial by weight!, by trip and by the tip. Twenty five years we have the same company and almost the exact same city council. Now who do you think is donating the maximum amount to each council member year after year?
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