[aw9994]

I like the idea, not so sure about the business viability on an individual household basis.

Even though urban areas are dense, your customer base can still be very spread out over many different buildings or neighborhoods. I think your best bet would be to try and market the idea toward landlords and building owners/managers. That's your issue in your home now I believe, if your building had big recycling bins in the trash room you could use it would be easy to recycle.

Right now it looks like your option is to stockpile your recyclables and make trips to your closest recycling center which is inconvenient.

That being said, I've lived in a small apartment before and it was fairly easy to recycle with 3 guys generating trash, even though the recycling "dumpster" was a long hike away. Break down the cardboard (cereal boxes!) and slide it between your fridge and the wall or stack it in an unflattened box,this saves an amazing amount of room in the bags, we went down to 1 bag a week or less for 3 people after doing this. hang some double-layered plastic shopping bags on your cabinet handles or something. We took the bottles and stuff out every week or two, rinse containers with water that will smell. (Soup cans, etc)