Your URCO obligation does not change in January. What changes is that material freezes to container walls, yard trimmings disappear from the volume, holiday food waste spikes, and residents stop walking to an enclosure they have to cross ice to reach. Snow removal is a composting intervention.

Shared containers make multifamily the hardest segment to keep clean. Plastic bag liners, paper products, and compostable serviceware drive nearly all of it, and three of those come from residents actively trying to do the right thing. What actually moves the number.