On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 11:32:04 -0500, Becca EmaNymton
> wrote:

> On 9/3/2014 4:08 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Wed, 03 Sep 2014 13:25:30 -0500, Becca EmaNymton
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> Our garbage collectors are here every Wednesday and Friday, unless it is
> >> a holiday, they take every holiday off. If a holiday is on Wednesday,
> >> then you do not see them until the next scheduled garbage day, which is
> >> Friday. That works well for everyone.
> >>
> >
> > Garbage pickup twice a week? Wow! How much garbage do you generate?
> > Is it garbage pickup one day and recycling/compost on the other
> > or what?
>
> Unfortunately, our city does not recycle, so we have one container of
> garbage each garbage day, and they take up to 15 containers or bags of
> garbage each garbage day. They take large pieces on Friday, such as
> furniture, appliances.

That's a great service! Ours is pretty good too. We call and make an
appointment when we need them to pickup large items, but we only get
two pickups a year... not that I even manage to use one of them on a
yearly basis, but now I have "pick-up" envy!
>
> When we lived in a city that did recycle, we had very little garbage,
> because the city recycled almost everything. We also composted, so we
> would have maybe a gallon of garbage that contained bones, chewing gum,
> light bulbs, batteries and coated cardboard.
>

That must have been a huge cultural change for you to get used to. At
least you don't have to make the dump runs yourself.


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