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On 2019-03-22 4:30 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Friday, March 22, 2019 at 5:02:10 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
>> "Julie Bove" wrote in message ...
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>>> Well I understand that, but I still like to be able to take my garbage to
>>> the garbage centre every week to let them sort it all out )

>>
>> You have to take it yourself?
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>> We don't have to no, but I prefer it to having a bunch of bins lined up
>> waiting for the collectors in the week.

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> A bunch of bins? We have one for recyclables and one for non-recyclables.
> Provided by the company contracted by our local government to provide
> rubbish hauling services. Each of them is a 95-gallon (0.35 cubic meter)
> wheeled thing that can be picked up by a pair of arms on the collection
> truck.
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> Cindy Hamilton
>

We have 3: recyclables, garbage and organics. The latter are composted
by the city for sale and use in the city parks.
People complain about the extra weekly charges, particularly singles and
elderly who take several weeks to accumulate enough to bother about
putting out the bins. I'm both but I think the system is great.