$11 million lost on trash cans

The city of Los Angeles is losing an estimated $11 million a year by not consistently collecting fees for extra-capacity trash cans requested by homeowners. Kerry Cavanaugh in the Daiiy News.

While thousands of Angelenos who ordered extra-capacity trash and green-waste cans aren't paying for them, the city also is failing to collect fees for 60 percent of the extra-capacity bins.

And with the city in a budget crisis and looking to close a $406 million gap, the City Council has begun reviewing how to recoup - and even possibly raise - those fees to encourage recycling and help fund city services.