Any disruption of these system can quickly create a public health nightmare. If sewer systems are disrupted for any length of time, human wastes must be buried in the ground. Deeper than two feet. Stock plastic buckets, lime, peat moss, sawdust, and lots of plain, old-fashioned, unscented chlorine bleach. Garbage must not be allowed to accumulate.
All compostable materials go into a compost heap.
Wet trash should not be combined with dry trash. Re-use glass and plastic bottles and jars. Consider it a resource to be used. Be ready to be pro-active in leadership in your community to ensure that public health and safety is not compromised. If businesses have generally not been able to correct their Y2K problems, it is hard to see how a recession can be avoided.