"Tracy" > wrote in message
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> Default User wrote:
>> Goomba wrote:
>>
>>> Default User wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was a bit surprised that the deal was significantly better. The
>>>> main reason given for going to a single provider was to reduce
>>>> traffic on the streets from trucks, and to get everybody complying
>>>> with the county's new recycling mandate.
>>>> Brian
>>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Brian
>>
> I am lucky enough to live in a town where yard waste is taken the same day
> as trash and recyclables. They will take yard waste till December which
> means leaves in the fall.....
>

Same here, and I agree the recycle container should be bigger than the trash
container. Raleigh supplies both, but the trash container is large, with a
lid, on wheels, and the recycle bin is one of those small green things. I
did not think I would like once a week pickup for everything but I really
do.