On Mon, 02 May 2016 21:09:16 +0000, Arthur Cresswell wrote:

So, given that my brown trash bin is never used, what on earth do people
*put* in their trash bin, that can't be recycled otherwise?

My recycling program says these are the acceptable items for recycling:
http://www.recologysiliconvalley.com...aRecycling.htm

Highlights:
Please empty and rinse all food and beverage containers.
Batteries Standard household batteries
Place in a clear, sealed plastic bag and set on top of the recycling cart.
Glass All glass food, beverage jars and bottles.
Remove lids and place separately in bin.
Fruit juice
Mayonnaise jars
Spaghetti sauce jars
Metal All metal food and beverage containers.
Aluminum cans
Tin/steel food and beverage cans
Plastic All rigid containers marked #1 - #7
Milk and juice jugs
Shampoo, detergent, and other household bottles
Soft drink and water bottles
Yogurt, margarine, and other food containers
Paper Put mixed paper in the toter labeled: Mixed / Office Paper.
Adhesive notes
Brown paper grocery bags
Cardboard (Break down boxes and bundle larger pieces securely using twine and
place next to container)
Envelopes (Including plastic window types)
Food boxes (cereal, crackers, frozen food - Remove plastic liners)
Junk mail
Magazines & catalogs
Newspaper
Paper (colored, computer, white)
Paper bags
Paper egg cartons, paper towel rolls
Phone books
Wrapping Paper
Used motor oil may be set out in one-gallon plastic containers with tight fitting,
screw top lids only.
You may place up to two one-gallon containers next to your recycling cart for pickup
and empty recycled one-gallon containers will be left in their place.
Place fully drained motor oil filters in a sealed, leak-proof, plastic bag and
place next to your recycle cart.

Unacceptable Recycling Materials
Construction Debris
Concrete, rocks, dirt
Electronic / Universal Waste
Televisions, computers, cell phones, batteries, fluorescent light bulbs,
mercury switches
Household Hazardous Waste
Paints, solvents, cooking oil, motor oil, cleaners, corrosives, fuel tanks - propane tanks, syringes

This is what it says goes in the garbage can:
http://www.recologysiliconvalley.com...araGarbage.htm

Glass
Auto, mirror and tinted glass
Glassware, crystal and dinnerware
Household window glass
Light bulbs (except fluorescent bulbs)
Metal
Clothes hangers
Foil
Pots and pans
Scrap metal
Wire rope
Organic Material
Animal feces or manure
Food scraps
Paper
Milk cartons and other waxed paper
Paper towels, napkins and facial tissues
Soiled papers, food wrappings, napkins, tissues or towels
Plastic
Bubble wrap
PVC or other plastic piping
Shrink wrap and plastic bags and liners
Styrofoam/polystyrene containers and packing peanuts
Toys, trays, cups, garden hoses, flower pots
Unmarked plastics