I run through the neighborhood most days. On windy trash days I spent a good deal of time putting stuff that has blown out of recycle bins back in the bins.
we won't put anything into our garbage recepticle that is not inside a bag (with the exception of large pieces of cardboard). too many times we see stuff on the road right after garbage pickup-flutters or flies out of a can as the truck is lifting and dumping it. i have noticed a decrease in little thin bags fluttering around on the road since the stores charge for them and folks are using reusable totes and bags
DH spot sprays all of the weeds in the cracks in the concrete roads of the subdivision. I'd never even notice them, but they drive him crazy. He also tames the subdivision entrance berms a few times a year, so he definitely does his part!