SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – This month, the City of San Diego began to check trash cans in neighborhoods across the city. Workers want to make sure people are sorting the right waste into the right bin.
“We’ve never been this detailed and thorough with it,” said City Waste Reduction Program Manager Alexander Galasso.
Teams of Compliance Officers, more commonly called “lid lifters,” will walk through neighborhoods to make sure everyone is disposing of their waste properly. It’s a requirement under Senate Bill 1883, which went into effect recently and required Californians to recycle organic waste separately from the rest of their trash and recycling…