The City of Phoenix, AZ like many others, has a wonderful municipal trash and recycling program that San Francisco could mimic.  The City of Phoenix provides large plastic covered containers to all residential customers.  One receptacle is green; it is for trash and garbage that is not recycled.  The other can is blue for all recyclable items (code 1 and 2 plastics, code 6 foam, glass, paper, advertising mail, magazines, newspapers, cardboard/chipboard, milk cartons, aluminum, and metal).  The green container is picked up once a week on Monday or Tuesday and the blue on Wednesday or Thursday.  Our residential waste Read This Posty »