Yes to trash carts

Sorry, fellow Brooksider and Longfellow neighbor (2/1 and 2/6, Letters), I am all for the “mini Dumpsters.”

We recently moved back here from Southern California, where we used three different-colored carts for trash, recycling items and yard debris. It is an efficient, clean and environmentally friendly solution to a trashy problem.

I was astounded to learn while house hunting that none of the neighborhoods (including some very affluent spots on the Kansas side) utilized this system. It is a concept that would work with ease in the suburbs and in many, if not all, of Kansas City’s neighborhoods.

If three bins could be stored on postage stamp-sized California lots, it could work here.

I say goodbye to trash bags and the critters that make a game of scattering trash around our neighborhoods. Bring on the “Dumpsters.”

Colleen Bauman
Kansas City