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Graham

On 2019-03-22 11:05 a.m., wrote:
> On Friday, March 22, 2019 at 5:30:51 AM UTC-5, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>> On Friday, March 22, 2019 at 5:02:10 AM UTC-4, Ophelia wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
> Same here. But I opted several years ago for 64 gallon trash and 64 gallon
> recyclable cans. My neighborhood is a bit over 100 years old so we have
> alleys and the trash guys have to roll our bins up to the truck and hook
> them on the back. Then they are hoisted into the air and dumped. Out in
> suburbs it's just one guy in the truck and the arm reaches out and picks
> up the bin and empties it.
>
> Makes you wonder how much two people can have in garbage each week the way
> she writes about "having a bunch of bins lined up waiting for the collectors
> in the week."
>
Just think of all the food that Julie wastes:-)