Recycling Issues

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I think the current size works easily for most families, but larger families that throw out more food might need a larger one.  We have two people and a cat (the latter generates more green bin content than a person because of kitty litter) and our bin would almost always be well less than half full.

Exactly: the blue boxes are small and full on empty containers, the green bins are relatively small too, so in the end is all mostly for show. Have a look at the typical household: the majority of the garbage stream by weight is of the non-recyclable type.