To be more transparent, we often overfill our trash, compost ... with one of us working the bag out of the bin and the other holding the bin in place. Sometimes, we succeed, but all too often ...

I also question some of the costs mentioned, $90/month equals a $3 bag per day for a family of five? And they are recycling and holding trash that stinks? Something is wrong with this story ...

Roughly 16 years after Concord instituted a pay-as-you-throw trash program, residents are torn over how effective the program is, whether or not they like the bags themselves and the cost.