This isn't a joke anymore Eugene! 
We need a "zero waste program" and to build an material solid waste (MSW) plant and stop filling the landfill! By doing this you can throw everything in one bin. No separating recycling anymore. Sounds great doesent it. Does everyone know that the leading recycling equipment manufacture in the world for material solid waste separation equipment is built in Eugene Oregon? Yes, look up Bulk Handling Systems (BHS). Bulkhandlingsystems.com. If Eugene built a MSW plant it would spur the local economy also because Bhs would have to employ more people to manufacture the equipment. Win win. Invest and make the trash problem become a profit problem. I know it's easier to profit from throwing it in a land fill and turning a blind eye to our southern towns that drive by the mountains of growing trash every day. We are already 4 years behind the MSW zero waste movement. That is not how Eugene likes to be viewed. Time to take the next step and be a leader.