[Jonty30]

If they work as advertised, it’s a good use of public dollars, for a change.

Less trash pickups means less people hired to do a job.

[nascarnation]

That might be true if they are serviced by a private hauling service.

If it’s muni employees, don’t bet on it.

[Lurker]

Less trash pickups means less people hired to do a job.

Wrong. There will still be the same number of public trash haulers along with the requisite layers of public bureaucratic management. In fact, I'll bet that there will be even more people hired to monitor the project and write reports.