Service Request #3: Why Is There So Much Litter in San Francisco?
This episode of Service Request investigates why San Francisco, despite having one of the highest densities of public trash cans for its size, still struggles with litter. The answer isn’t about quantity, but behavior, design, and politics — revealing how a simple trash can becomes a mi
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