I live in Fitchburg and we have a lot of multi fam houses, and we have the LARGE wheeled carts for recycling. They pick up regular trash on a weekly basis, and recycling ever other week. Different parts of the city get picked up on different days. For instance my neighborhood is a blue pick up day. So every second week the recycling bin is along side the trash bin. The city has an ordinance that trash/recycling bins not be left curbside all the time. Usually on the more crowded streets, with less room, the occupants move the bins closer to the buildings so the trash/recycling isn't out by the street all week.

There are NO issue with walking on the sidewalks, parking etc with these bins. I have 1 multi fam on my street and they manage the bins just as well as those of us in single fam houses do. I drive down a street that is all multi fams with no off street parking and they manage the bins there as well. People just move the bins to where there are no cars parked. It's damn amazing!!!

Hell. My house is on a sidewalk side. My bins go out the night before pick up, even when there's a snow bank. The truck has no issues getting the bins. And people still have room to walk by on the sidewalk. On the occasion when we, or a neighbor has had a contractor parked in front on a pick up day, we just move the bins down a few feet. The wheels? They make it SO easy.

Also. Since getting the large bins there has been a noticeable reduction in racoons, opossums, and loose litter on the streets in my neighborhood. And I know this as fact since my husband, our neighbors, and myself walk the neighborhood and clean up what litter there is. Sure. A windy as hell day is a bit of a pain in the ass. But even with the smaller bins, like my hometown has. There's still litter. The only issues we now have is from the university students dumping their fast food bags outside of their cars when they park on the side streets.

If you're that concerned with loose papers, plastic bags flying around, and trash on the street get off the computer. Grab a fucking trash bag, and go pick it up. But I can tell you, from actual experience, you are incredibly incorrect in your bull shit complaint