City Trash Can Overflowing?

Okay, you might have gotten pretty far in the game and you begin to realize that you are running out of room to put things (especially landfill). Landfill is much more difficult to place because it dramatically lowers the value of any land that you place it by, so it requires much more space. The best way to lower the impact of landfill in your city is to have as little of it as possible. One of the ways you can prevent this is the use of recycling centers.

Recycling Centers:

Pros:
- Reduce garbage that's being imported to landfills
- Produces no pollution
- Only a moderate expense to keep running

Cons:
- Only serves about 25,000 people. (This will force you to build more to serve a larger pop.)
- This will only reduce the trash intake. (The trash you intake will still be higher)

Incinerators (Power Plants that run off of trash):

Pros:
- Reduces the trash intake considerably. (Will reduce to the point where your landfills become clear again!)
- Produces power that your city can use

Cons:
- Expensive
- Produces lots of pollution

Overall I would recommend recycling centers for cities that have a population that's greater than 10,000 people to 25,000 people and incinerator plants for cities with populations that a greater than 25,000 people.

There are other ways of reducing trash if you really need it. City ordinances can really help with that. These ordinances ecourage people to recycle (which will help your recycling centers to be more effective) and reduce your overall trash levels.