San Diego Trash Can Fiasco

 San Diego, California, has major trash problems.  The cans are constantly damaged by the trash trucks and vandals; cans stolen or exchange stolen; and no spot for cans along the curb for collection due to high density housing.
The city solution?  Replace the existing cans with cans the same size, different color. 
Did that work? 🤔

Another trash rant:   The new San Diego trash cans (same size, different color) that cost a fortune are NO better than the old ones.😖 

Why did they think changing colors would fix anything?  🤔 

The same problems still exist.  

The fix was and will always be to assign the curb use rights to the properties associated with that curb.

The PROBLEMS:

ADUs and OVER-RENTED HOUSES constantly place their OVER-STUFFED BINS in front of our home and other people's properties, after blocking the curbs with the excess vehicles from the over-rented properties. 

Residents with steep driveways struggle to get bins down to the curb into the position in front of their homes, only to find their traditional trash can position occupied.

New bins are being damaged.

Additional broken glass and trash litters the sidewalks and streets after trash pick-up.

The curb use rights are NOT assigned to the associated properties of that curb.

The KNEE-JERK REACTION:

While the tempation is to dump their overstuffed cans on their property, that  would solve nothing but add to the trash and glass already strewn on our property, the sidewalks, the streets, and cause a war between neighbors.  

The options are to either block our driveway or move their bins over and block theirs.  Some people don't have that much strength to move their many bins and drag their own bins down... so guess whose driveway is blocked?  🙁

Stomp your foot and demand curb use rights be assigned to the associated properties of that curb.

THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION:  They need to fix the messes they've created. 

1. IMMEDIATELY assign the curb use rights to the associated properties of that curb.

2.  Stop building high-density housing, which compounds the problems.

3.  Slow down the trash trucks down, so they can pick up properly pick up cans without damaging them and pick up the trash they drop. If there aren't enough trucks, pay overtime to the drivers to complete the routes.

The old bins were removed and "recycled" (which cost money).  WHY? 

 
Many of the old bins in good shape could have been used for many things.  But, no.  The city destroyed them. And, why not let the homeowners keep the bins they paid out of pocket for to replace?  The city hasn't sufficiently answered these questions.  

Old cans should have been fixed.  Usually it was the lids.  
Scan the code on the can when the trash is collected to determine stolen cans. (My cans were exchange stolen multiple times, where someone would take my cared for cleaned can and replace it with a filthy broken can.)

Don't say it can't be done.  In this day and age with computers and apps, it is possible.

The people who genuinely try to  follow or fix the trashcan fiasco are being blocked or fired.