“We had a few mild winters and people have been able to do more yard cleanup, and more people are composting and wanting to put their food scraps and compostable into their green bin.

SAN DIEGO — Friday marked the first day of the City of San Diego's rollout of the Green Organic ... filters with coffee, yard trimmings, anything organic can go in the bins," said Matthew ...

Details: Some 8,000 homes in 13 areas around the city will start receiving new bins on Oct. 14: Green ones to compost food wastes, yard trimmings and paper bags; blue ones for recycling.

cardboard and small yard waste. City regulations require that green bins must not exceed 100 pounds once filled, or be filled to the extent that the lid cannot close properly. Sonya Severo ...