From the story "Trash pickup is highly subsidized by property tax revenue and currently costs the city about $50 per home per month"

So assuming the average family fills one bin a week, that is $12.50 per bin. Assuming that trash collectors can average picking up 45 bins/hr (which is conservative) we are paying trash haulers  $562.50/hr, assuming union wages of $60/hr( $125k/yr) to pay the person running the truck, that leaves about $3000 per six hours of pick up per day. That's $15k per week or $780k/yr to cover the truck usage....things that make hmmmmm!