San Fran Mayor Wants Mandatory Recycling
May 7, 2008 - Mayor Gavin Newsom is competitive about many things, garbage included. When the city found out a few weeks ago that it was keeping 70 percent of its disposable waste out of local landfills, he embraced the statistic the way other mayors embrace winning sports teams, improved test scores or declining crime rates.
But the city wants more.
So Mr. Newsom will soon be sending the city's Board of…