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In the San Francisco Bay area, collecting cans is still very common among the homeless. In some parts of SF people will dig through your recycling (and garbage)
by tschwimmer 5y ago
In the San Francisco Bay area, collecting cans is still very common among the homeless. In some parts of SF people will dig through your recycling (and garbage) every garbage day for recycling. Additionally, many public garbage cans have a semi-open section at the top which I have seen used for disposing of cans. I don't know if it's intentionally designed that way, but it's much easier for anyone to get the cans from this section vs the trash barrel itself.
- BrianHenryIE 5y agoI keep my cans and bottles separate from paper etc and place them at the top of the wheelie bin when I put out the recycling.
- asdff 5y agoAt my college campus it was traditional to just throw empty cans into your yard while partying. By morning, they'd all be collected and gone.
- giarc 5y agoMost garbage cans (at least those in dense areas) in my town of Calgary have a little shelf along the top that can hold cans/bottles. I can't see them being used for anything other than holding cans for collection. In Alberta, there is a deposit for all beverage containers (milk, juice, beer, wine, pop/cola etc) so there are a lot of people that collect for a living. Where I grew up (Ontario), there is only a deposit on beer and wine, not juice/milk/pop etc.
- bluedino 5y agoIf you leave your trash out the night before, someone will come by, slit the bags open and remove anything made of metal. They will leave your trash in your yard.