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A wander through the East Campus neighborhood of Columbia will reveal some common sights: students coming and going, bikes leaning on fences and heaps of trash strewn about the streets and piled in bags at the end of driveways. The garbage issue can vary from street to street and day to day, between just a few pieces of litter and literal heaps of trash bags. While some of it is due to the nature of college neighborhoods, some students noticed garbage began to pile up on the streets after Columbia effected new guidelines for waste collection this winter. Beginning on Feb. 1, the city implemented a new waste collection program for solid refuse. The new system is a modified “pay as you throw” program, which requires Columbia residents to leave their waste in larger, city-issued trash bags. Along with the new garbage program, the city also began picking up household recycling every other week after halting recycling collection during the summer of last year. ....