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Tell a lie often enough
Justan Olphart
- show quoted text - "Here in the burbs they provide a 96 gal trash barrel and a somewhat smaller recycle barrel. They collect every week. We also have unlimited yard waste pickup once a week. Your stuff must get pretty ripe by the end of a two week cycle." Well, guess our trash doesn't stink like yours but during July and August they empty our green food waste bins weekly because of fruit flies. In the cool and cold months two weeks is no big deal. |
Tell a lie often enough
On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 16:07:44 -0500, John H.
wrote: On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 12:55:21 -0800 (PST), True North wrote: John H. - show quoted text - "But see, by putting the bags in a leaf type bag or a clear garbage bag, you're also part of the problem. Being perfect is a bitch. That's why so few of us are." You're far from perfect, Johnny. It's a fairly new law up here (since August 1 2014) that we are allowed one black bag and up to four clear bags every two weeks. This is to encourage the non conforming to properly recycle what can be recycled. OK, but hopefully you get my point about using the biodegradable bags. If you put them inside non-biodegradable bags, what have you accomplished? I agree I'm far from perfect. There's only one person here that's perfect...according to himself anyway. But, we won't go into that. Biodegradable bags don't degrade in the land fill anyway. They break down in UV light. My solution is probably the most environmentally friendly and the tree is growing like crazy. Nature takes care of it with no plastic involved at all. |
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On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 16:42:11 -0500, John H.
wrote: We're lucky here also. Huge trash barrel, probably the same size as yours, and a recycle barrel that's about as big. Paper, cans, bottles, and plastic all go into the same recycle container. Each are picked up weekly. Brush is picked up weekly also. Must be smaller than 6" diameter, which is pretty damn big! And the bundles are not supposed to be more than six feet long. Have to admit I'm very satisfied with the trash removal in this county. -- Lee county is pretty good too. We provide our own cans for trash but they are looking at the 65 gallon Totes. The trash guys take anything we set out there although the scrappers will snatch anything metal, including white goods. When I remodeled the bathroom, they took about half a ton of old tile, stucco, drywall, wood and whatever from the demolition. We already have the 65 gallon Tote for the single stream recycle. I think they burn everything but the metal and glass tho. They do ship a token amount of paper and plastic but I bet it isn't 10%. It is all PR. Environmentally, burning it in our high tech incinerator has to be better than trucking it 1000 miles or more to a recycle plant. I judge that by asking, how much is scrap paper/plastic worth at a local scrap dealer and the answer is zero. I have no problems with the horticulture guys either. They say anything less than 50 pounds but they took a 100# tree stump I wanted a few weeks ago. It was too close to the curb ;-) After Charlie they sent around claw trucks and took everything, no matter how it was cut up. I filled up a whole 40' trailer and a bit more. |
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On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 16:42:11 -0500, John H. wrote: We're lucky here also. Huge trash barrel, probably the same size as yours, and a recycle barrel that's about as big. Paper, cans, bottles, and plastic all go into the same recycle container. Each are picked up weekly. Brush is picked up weekly also. Must be smaller than 6" diameter, which is pretty damn big! And the bundles are not supposed to be more than six feet long. Have to admit I'm very satisfied with the trash removal in this county. -- Lee county is pretty good too. We provide our own cans for trash but they are looking at the 65 gallon Totes. The trash guys take anything we set out there although the scrappers will snatch anything metal, including white goods. When I remodeled the bathroom, they took about half a ton of old tile, stucco, drywall, wood and whatever from the demolition. We already have the 65 gallon Tote for the single stream recycle. I think they burn everything but the metal and glass tho. They do ship a token amount of paper and plastic but I bet it isn't 10%. It is all PR. Environmentally, burning it in our high tech incinerator has to be better than trucking it 1000 miles or more to a recycle plant. I judge that by asking, how much is scrap paper/plastic worth at a local scrap dealer and the answer is zero. I have no problems with the horticulture guys either. They say anything less than 50 pounds but they took a 100# tree stump I wanted a few weeks ago. It was too close to the curb ;-) After Charlie they sent around claw trucks and took everything, no matter how it was cut up. I filled up a whole 40' trailer and a bit more. They got rid of the single can and sort the recycle at the transfer station about 10 years ago. We have a 30 gallon garbage and 30 gallon recycle tot and a 65 gallon green waste tote. Food waste and Haden trimmings. Picked up weekly. We could have all 65 gallon totes, but we Do Not generate that much trash, as we do mostly fresh food, and little frozen prepared dinners, and there are only 2 of us. We do pay heftily. |
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On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 12:11:06 -0500, John H.
wrote: On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 07:32:01 -0500, Justan Olphart wrote: On 1/29/2016 8:08 PM, John H. wrote: On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 19:23:42 -0500, wrote: On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 16:42:11 -0500, John H. wrote: We're lucky here also. Huge trash barrel, probably the same size as yours, and a recycle barrel that's about as big. Paper, cans, bottles, and plastic all go into the same recycle container. Each are picked up weekly. Brush is picked up weekly also. Must be smaller than 6" diameter, which is pretty damn big! And the bundles are not supposed to be more than six feet long. Have to admit I'm very satisfied with the trash removal in this county. -- Lee county is pretty good too. We provide our own cans for trash but they are looking at the 65 gallon Totes. The trash guys take anything we set out there although the scrappers will snatch anything metal, including white goods. When I remodeled the bathroom, they took about half a ton of old tile, stucco, drywall, wood and whatever from the demolition. We already have the 65 gallon Tote for the single stream recycle. I think they burn everything but the metal and glass tho. They do ship a token amount of paper and plastic but I bet it isn't 10%. It is all PR. Environmentally, burning it in our high tech incinerator has to be better than trucking it 1000 miles or more to a recycle plant. I judge that by asking, how much is scrap paper/plastic worth at a local scrap dealer and the answer is zero. I have no problems with the horticulture guys either. They say anything less than 50 pounds but they took a 100# tree stump I wanted a few weeks ago. It was too close to the curb ;-) After Charlie they sent around claw trucks and took everything, no matter how it was cut up. I filled up a whole 40' trailer and a bit more. We get five special pickups a year. That can include a whole tree or whatever. They use the big claw trucks for that. -- Ban idiots, not guns! Thank god we live in civilized places where we are not expected to carry our own garbage to the dump. We can also take it to the dump, but have to pay a fee to do so. If the load is more than four or five bags, the truck gets weighed and the charge is by the pound. The last time I went out to the dump, they had dumpsters outside the fence you could use for free. I suppose they think that is better than having to pick it up on the side of the road. |
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On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 12:11:06 -0500, John H. wrote: On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 07:32:01 -0500, Justan Olphart wrote: On 1/29/2016 8:08 PM, John H. wrote: On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 19:23:42 -0500, wrote: On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 16:42:11 -0500, John H. wrote: We're lucky here also. Huge trash barrel, probably the same size as yours, and a recycle barrel that's about as big. Paper, cans, bottles, and plastic all go into the same recycle container. Each are picked up weekly. Brush is picked up weekly also. Must be smaller than 6" diameter, which is pretty damn big! And the bundles are not supposed to be more than six feet long. Have to admit I'm very satisfied with the trash removal in this county. -- Lee county is pretty good too. We provide our own cans for trash but they are looking at the 65 gallon Totes. The trash guys take anything we set out there although the scrappers will snatch anything metal, including white goods. When I remodeled the bathroom, they took about half a ton of old tile, stucco, drywall, wood and whatever from the demolition. We already have the 65 gallon Tote for the single stream recycle. I think they burn everything but the metal and glass tho. They do ship a token amount of paper and plastic but I bet it isn't 10%. It is all PR. Environmentally, burning it in our high tech incinerator has to be better than trucking it 1000 miles or more to a recycle plant. I judge that by asking, how much is scrap paper/plastic worth at a local scrap dealer and the answer is zero. I have no problems with the horticulture guys either. They say anything less than 50 pounds but they took a 100# tree stump I wanted a few weeks ago. It was too close to the curb ;-) After Charlie they sent around claw trucks and took everything, no matter how it was cut up. I filled up a whole 40' trailer and a bit more. We get five special pickups a year. That can include a whole tree or whatever. They use the big claw trucks for that. -- Ban idiots, not guns! Thank god we live in civilized places where we are not expected to carry our own garbage to the dump. We can also take it to the dump, but have to pay a fee to do so. If the load is more than four or five bags, the truck gets weighed and the charge is by the pound. The last time I went out to the dump, they had dumpsters outside the fence you could use for free. I suppose they think that is better than having to pick it up on the side of the road. Was at the dump 2 days ago. We get a free dump day a year. But had to cut down my pear tree, fire blight casualty, and the annual tree pruning. Was a $9 charge for a pickup load. Minimum charge. |
Tell a lie often enough
On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 12:15:09 -0500, wrote:
On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 12:11:06 -0500, John H. wrote: On Sat, 30 Jan 2016 07:32:01 -0500, Justan Olphart wrote: On 1/29/2016 8:08 PM, John H. wrote: On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 19:23:42 -0500, wrote: On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 16:42:11 -0500, John H. wrote: We're lucky here also. Huge trash barrel, probably the same size as yours, and a recycle barrel that's about as big. Paper, cans, bottles, and plastic all go into the same recycle container. Each are picked up weekly. Brush is picked up weekly also. Must be smaller than 6" diameter, which is pretty damn big! And the bundles are not supposed to be more than six feet long. Have to admit I'm very satisfied with the trash removal in this county. -- Lee county is pretty good too. We provide our own cans for trash but they are looking at the 65 gallon Totes. The trash guys take anything we set out there although the scrappers will snatch anything metal, including white goods. When I remodeled the bathroom, they took about half a ton of old tile, stucco, drywall, wood and whatever from the demolition. We already have the 65 gallon Tote for the single stream recycle. I think they burn everything but the metal and glass tho. They do ship a token amount of paper and plastic but I bet it isn't 10%. It is all PR. Environmentally, burning it in our high tech incinerator has to be better than trucking it 1000 miles or more to a recycle plant. I judge that by asking, how much is scrap paper/plastic worth at a local scrap dealer and the answer is zero. I have no problems with the horticulture guys either. They say anything less than 50 pounds but they took a 100# tree stump I wanted a few weeks ago. It was too close to the curb ;-) After Charlie they sent around claw trucks and took everything, no matter how it was cut up. I filled up a whole 40' trailer and a bit more. We get five special pickups a year. That can include a whole tree or whatever. They use the big claw trucks for that. -- Ban idiots, not guns! Thank god we live in civilized places where we are not expected to carry our own garbage to the dump. We can also take it to the dump, but have to pay a fee to do so. If the load is more than four or five bags, the truck gets weighed and the charge is by the pound. The last time I went out to the dump, they had dumpsters outside the fence you could use for free. I suppose they think that is better than having to pick it up on the side of the road. Not here. But, I can't recall seeing trash dumped alongside the road on the way to the dump. Like I say, if it's just a few bags, it's free. -- Ban idiots, not guns! |
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