On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 17:43:55 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 7/21/2015 12:34 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 7/21/15 12:24 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 08:46:35 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

...earlier this morning, just after I turned off of Route 4 South and
onto Swee****er Road, which leads to the Calvert County dump/landfill.

We just finished "remodeling" a half bath and replaced a pedestal sink
and a toilet. The handyman we hired wanted the sink, so we loaded the
old toilet and various bits of old wood trim, packing materials, and a
pallet into my SUV.



Your trash guys won't haul that stuff away? They will take anything we
put on the curb. If the regular pickup guys can't handle it
(electronics or white goods), they tag it and a special pickup is
automatically scheduled.

In real life, things like metal can appliances will not last long
enough for the trash guy to see it. The scrappers take them.



We don't have a municipal trash guy. There's a handy county run trash
collection spot about five miles from here, and I take the household
trash there once a week. It doesn't accept construction trash or, in
particular, old toilets. It's a dumpster place.

The big dump/landfill is about five miles south of St. Leonard off Route 4.

We used to have a private trash company come by, and it started out at
$12 a week, but over 10 years or so it went up to $96 a month, at which
point I said "**** it" and decided to take our dry trash up to the local
dumpster facility, which is "free" to county residents.


When I was a kid I'd help my dad make the weekly Saturday morning run to
the "dump". There were always a small group of "dump pickers" waiting
for you to toss your stuff out so they could sort through it.

Our town has a modern day version of that. It has the normal compactors
and recycle areas but it also has a large space for putting stuff that
you don't want but still has a useful life. People are encouraged to
leave items for others to "shop" for. It's known as the "Duxbury Mall"
and is very popular, especially among young people looking to furnish
an apartment or their first house.

We can take stuff to the dump, but we're not allowed to take *anything* from what has
been dumped. There is a worker there who keeps his eye out to make sure that doesn't
happen. Don't know why that is.

We can also have 'special pickups' - https://specialpickup.fairfaxcounty.gov/

They've just about taken away any need to go to the dump.
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