Our green bin arrived today, to Elizabeth's intense interest. We already compost during the summer, so this isn't the big innovation city council thinks it is. I'm extremely doubtful that the green bin will reduce our garbage by anywhere close to 40%.
The new bin does apparently take table scraps (including meat) which we don't currently compost in our backyard for fear of the giant racoons. Not to mention fear of maggots, which the green bin information booklet brightly told us was a possibility. We'll have to see how long it takes our racoons to eat through the lid...