Here is a story from Hampton, NH, where recycling has become mandatory. I love it.
By Patrick Cronin
pcronin@seacoastonline.com
February 10, 2010 2:00 AM
HAMPTON — Selectmen were bombarded with complaints this week from numerous residents who were furious their trash was not picked up by the town.Public Works Director John Price told the board Monday night some residents’ trash was not picked up because they were not in compliance with town’s mandatory recycling bylaw.
“A third of the people in town were not in compliance,” said Price, who noted town employees left trash in violation on the side of the road, marked with orange stickers.
“If we are going to be strict about mandatory recycling, then we are going to have to go through a tough period until everyone is educated.”
Selectmen agreed with Price that it’s time to get tough on mandatory recycling.
The board voted in August to implement mandatory recycling over a three-month period. It started with glass bottles in October, then aluminum/tin food cans and, finally, cardboard and paper in December. While mandatory recycling has been in effect since
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Again after the party, I get the trash in my area. 
It’s February and your Christmas Greetings are now trash in my neighborhood. 
Someone took the time and effort to make a scrapbook of their Get Well cards. Later the scrapbook was tossed out as trash in my neighborhood.
This newspaper in a plastic bag is perched in a tree in my neighborhood. Not good. 
This flyer promoting the Church of Scientology and Celebrity Centre in Nashville is now litter in my neighborhood.
Why? Paint is toxic to the environment. I do not want it in my water.
When I saw this plastic bubble in a neighbor’s yard recently, I thought that it looked like a plastic mushroom growing in the yard.