<span>"eductions in local garbage production due to recycling programs" would be my guess. This is because "recycling programs" are very vague, and finding out the exact values of how much garbage is thrown out in response to these programs is almost impossible. It's most likely not recorded and it's also most likely very trivial in nature. </span>
The first quotation has the characteristics of Realism which are objective writing, non-poetic diction and trustworthy events that are realistically described with a lot of details. In this excerpt, we can see a detailed description of the man who had been killed.
The second quotation has Idealism characteristics and the main characteristic of it is the spirit and after that logic and nature described in a poetic way.