There are trash cans that have shutes that lead down to a bigger container and they also have built in compactors. Most cities use these. No unsightly pile up, birds can't get to the garbage, homeless can't rummage through it, and it has a 6 day pickup window on average. They also have sensors that tell the city when one is full so they don't have to run trucks 24/7 just when 10 are full or whatever they want the threshold to be

The Japanese live a completely different way of life than us and have way stricter laws when it comes to littering. They also enforce said laws. When's the last time you've seen someone receive a littering ticket?

There are 8,000 homeless people in SD there are 6,100 in Denver. Denver has garbage trucks running 24/7. Just like every other major city EXCEPT San Diego. How can these other cities accomplish something so easy but SD just can't... for some reason.

Also, you're actively arguing for less trash cans right now? Like have you thought about this at all. How does less trash cans = less litter. Honestly trying to understand where you are coming from.

r/confidentlyincorrect

Yeah because when you buy something you always open it at the place you bought it and dispose of it in their on-site cans...

I understand this but more trash cans = less litter.

We have one of the highest tax rates in the country. Some of the highest average incomes in the country. How would this strain the city to make this happen. It's like the city does the bare minimum always. Where are all the tax dollars going?

Portland, Boston, NYC also use the same bins. Most cities will have local artists paint artwork on them. Some of them look really cool. Way better then overflowing bins everywhere.

I think there are three types of people who litter. The person you're describing, myself and you who would never litter, and "inconvenienced litterer's". Also another big point was brought up that the cans need to be homeless and bird proof so the litter doesn't get pulled from the trash and blown around/carried. I also have never seen anyone going around picking up the litter except on the major highways. Why not create a program that pays homeless to pick up litter. I don't know the answer but how is going here right now is not working and is definitely not the best way to do it.

Yeah but there is litter in the streets now. I agree with the basis of what you're saying and they can implement things along the way to get to "no trace" but we aren't there yet. So I'd rather the trash not be all over this beautiful city and everytime it rains our coastal waters get destroyed with the litter the city refuses to pick up.

That's wild, there are trashcan designs that solve all of the problems above though.

Have you ever been to NYC on trash day?

There are trash cans that are homeless-proof (which honestly is a fucked up term.)

It would 100% pay for itself in quality of life for the city and monetarily with being able to schedule the pickups accordingly and not have to run trucks 24/7.

I mean your last two points are problems in and of themselves that need to be addressed

Not too expensive that the most expensive city to live in can't afford it... Portland just got 280 of them so I mean if SD can't afford them then I guess they're more broke than Portland... which they aren't.

Don't pity them they probably make more money than you or I.