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Poquito Loco

On Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:44:53 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 24 Jul 2014 15:52:01 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote:

My mom lived in Seattle. That place provided little different colored bins for all the different
materials. God help you if you put out more trash than what would fit in your bin. You paid through
the nose.

Here the regular trash man takes anything you can drag out to the
curb. I disposed of all of the materials from a couple of big remodels
right there. You only have to organize it in bundles 50lb or less
(OSHA rule)
I had 15 white buckets full of tile and concrete one time. They got
even with me and took the buckets. Next time it was in plastic bags.

We used to have a special pick up for white goods but these days the
scrappers will have them before morning.
They will tag a big TV or other stuff the scrappers don't take and
pick it up later.

The only special bin we have is the recycle and that is one of those
65 gallon wheeled Totems that they pick up with a claw from the truck.

If you consistently have more than would fit in one, you can get a
another one.

We also have a horticulture pickup once a week. The 50 pound rule
applies there too but no limit of the number of bundles.
We had 22 out there last week.

They pick up our 'horticulture' stuff weekly also. No limit to the number of bags that I know of.
I've had 25-30 bags of leaves out there at a time, they get 'em all. If I have a large amount of
heavy stuff I can call for a special pickup...get two free ones a year. They send out a truck with a
clamshell and pick it up.

No complaints about the trash service, but they wait too long to start the streetside leaf
vacuuming. By the time of the first pickup, about 3/4's of the leaves have already been raked up,
bagged, and put out with the regular trash.