Our trash costs $124.80 for the year, for a 21-35 gallon can.
It is $62.40 per year for a 20 gallon can; but I've never seen one of those- is that like what Oscar the grouch is in? (Edit: I just looked up trash cans on amazon and wow they are expensive!)
We rarely fill up our trash can, so maybe I should investigate this mythical small trash can.
Or we can pay $1.20 per bag. My husband and I considered that the $1.20 per bag MIGHT end up less expensive than the $124.80 per year; but we'd need to be careful about it, plus we would have to deal with cleaning up when the raccoons are out during the day and rip the bags apart (the bags cannot be in a can...) I think trying to find the smaller can would make more sense.
Recycling is a mandatory $4.55 a month on the city bill. Yard waste is $1.65 per bag, and we have never paid it as we mulch when we mow. We don't have trees, but the city does two leaf pick ups that are 'free', you rake the leaves to the curb and they suck 'em up with a giant truck thingy.
Compost bags cost the same as yard waste bags. I don't understand this idea- I think the compost pick up should be free, as the idea is to divert it from the regular trash pick up. But I've already paid a flat fee for the stickers for my trash can, so why would I pay more to separate my trash?
The previous city I lived in used to charge $20 a month for trash pick up. Then they changed to city provided containers and it was $20 a month for a 65 gallon trash can, or you could opt to get a 35 gallon trash can for $16 a month. We picked the $4 a month savings. I still don't understand how our neighbors, families of 2, could fill that 65 gallon can every week.