01-14-2016, 04:45 AM
(01-14-2016, 03:38 AM)BuildingScout Wrote:(01-14-2016, 01:22 AM)tomh009 Wrote: I think the current size works easily for most families, but larger families that throw out more food might need a larger one. We have two people and a cat (the latter generates more green bin content than a person because of kitty litter) and our bin would almost always be well less than half full.
Exactly: the blue boxes are small and full on empty containers, the green bins are relatively small too, so in the end is all mostly for show. Have a look at the typical household: the majority of the garbage stream by weight is of the non-recyclable type.
For us, definitely more recycling than garbage. Even when we did put out the garbage (every 2-3 weeks), we would normally have less than a black bagful.
But I expect we are pretty far from typical in this regard.