Default User wrote:

>> That certainly would be a plus in my book! As it is now, I have
>> Company A with once a week pickup. Others on my street use Company A
>> but with twice a week pickup, and others use Company B or C with
>> their various pick up options. So it seems for about 3 or so days a
>> week there are cans at the curb somewhere up and down the street. I'd
>> love it if all the companies would use the same two days a week.
>
> Well, we still get three. Monday, recycling and yard waste. Tuesday,
> trash. Thursday, second trash pickup.


We have it way too simple here. It is all taken care of by the regional
municipality, which consists of 4 cities and several towns within the
region. While they various municipalities used to all have their own
garbage collection, the region contracts now contracts the services.
House on the south side side of our road have their trash picked up on
Mondays and, being on the north side, ours is picked up on Thursdays. We
put out the compost garbage in the green bin, regular garbage in a green
bag and recycle material in the gray box (paper and cardboard) or the
blue box (bottles, plastic and cans). The only tricky part is that the
blue box goes out one week and the grey box the next week. However,
there is a limit of one garbage bag. You can get a sticker for a second
bag, but that has never been a problem.

However, if you do a massive cleanup and have a lot of stuff, you can
pack it into the car or a truck and take it to the dump. There is a
minimum $5 charge for up to 100 kg. My last trip, after cleaning out my
barn, cost me $10. My car as absolutely packed.