Is Recycling a Puzzle-Maze Not Worth Solving? (opens in new tab)

I see a lot of arrangements that put the compost and recycling bins/hole in front and put the trash further away. I guess the idea is that you should try to decide that something should be composted or recycled before you decide to throw it away. The problem is that people who don’t care, just throw everything in the closest bin. The result is that the composted and the recycling are contaminated and have to be thrown out. We should put a big trash bin right in front and smaller compost and recycling bins behind (and clearly marked). Then people who care enough to make a choice will go just a little out of their way to put the compost or recycling in the right bin, and the uncaring will just toss it all in the closest receptacle.