[Gibbon1]

I visited a friend in South America. The city was, and I just checked still quite clean. My friend said the reason was city took over the trash service (which got them in trouble with the IMF) and put out dumpsters every few blocks. Soon as it was 'free' people stopped dumping trash on the street. Two answer the question people at least there would carry a bag of trash a few blocks.

[maccard]

My city started charging £5 for a "bulky item pickup", which needs to be booked 2 months in advance (I just checked). Unsurprisingly, we now get mattresses/furniture dumped on the side of the street for a week.