the last time I was in Michigan, the local six-o-clock news was covering some grad students who were busting open trash bags on the curb, auditing them for recyclables. A beaming young woman whom they interviewed excitedly told the reporter that she could not wait until the day she had actual enforcement powers, and could write the homeowner a ticket for having the wrong materials in their trash.
All es klar, herr Kommisar?
S.F. OKs toughest recycling law in U.S.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/10/MN09183NV8.DTL&tsp=1
Throwing orange peels, coffee grounds and grease-stained pizza boxes in the trash will be against the law in San Francisco, and could even lead to a fine.
The Snoopscolds strike agin.