Ever pick through someone's weekly trash?

[tcreeley]

My town slowed up on recycling after they had trouble getting someone to pick up the accumulated plastic. Cardboard they still like. Not interested in cans anymore. Glass is ok because they use a sledge to break the bottles in the steel barrels. -

When the kids were young I used to p0ke through the old bikes for parts. Then the towns's insurance company put an end to that. Liability.

 

[teejk]

My town slowed up on recycling after they had trouble getting someone to pick up the accumulated plastic. Cardboard they still like. Not interested in cans anymore. Glass is ok because they use a sledge to break the bottles in the steel barrels. -

When the kids were young I used to p0ke through the old bikes for parts. Then the towns's insurance company put an end to that. Liability.

While I applaud the efforts to recycle, I agree that supply of certain items have exceeded the possible uses for them. I figure that they were destined for the landfill before and maybe excess supply will end up there also.

 

[PILOON]

And I only wash one cup, plate, etc a day. Very little else. Dishwasher is never started.

LOL, I think we all should have 2 dishwashers.
One that has clean dishes only and the second to accept the dirty ones.
Would save on costly cabinets to store dishes and avoid extra handling.

 

[PILOON]

Last couple of years our city started pushing for MOLOK containers to be located at strategic locations.
Problem then is all our cars would become garbage carriers.

Initially they did bulky item pick ups once a month. (furniture, water tanks, used tires, Xmas trees and fallen branches etc) Most of that has stopped.
They say vendors will collect the appliances, tire store for the tires and rims, furniture must be chopped into 3 ft pieces, branches also 3 ft and bundled or tied, and now WE are to TAKE to the trash center. If a tire is on a rim there is a $5.00 fee.

We have 3 bins! Blue for paper, glass and steel and tin, brown for compostable, black for other trash.
Stuff like oils, paints, batteries we are supposed to bring back to whoever sold it.

Makes being a tractor type guy that is handy and generally a DIY type kind of at a disadvantage.
Essentially we need a PU or a trailer to comply with all those regulations.

Oh, now the charge for anything they deem to be construction material, even doors and windows and don't put 12" of 2 x 4 in the trash as they will remove it, (garbage police at work)
Latest is that now construction stuff is to be hauled to a site out of town and leaves and grass clippings no longer accepted.

While we are issued a 'citizens card' latest is we must also provide a photo ID that shows place of residence. (they are afraid that they might be accepting the neighbor city trash)

 

[Deere Dude]

We lived in WI and for years my wife would diligently recycle everything, load it in the truck and stick it in different dumpsters in the city.

A few years ago we moved to TN and she did the same thing, only this time I took everything down and was all sorted out nice. I get to the dumps and the operator threw everything in the same garbage dumpster. Yet my wife still recycles. Go figure.

Like a previous poster, she still wipes off paper or Styrofoam plates for reuse. That is fine with me unless it get sticky.

 

[Bird]

Initially they did bulky item pick ups once a month. (furniture, water tanks, used tires, Xmas trees and fallen branches etc) Most of that has stopped.

We supposedly have something like that, too, but if it's ever been used, I've not seen it. We're supposed to have some limits on size, weight, etc. but the reality is that if two men can pick it up and fit it into that packer, it's gone. I've actually seen them take washing machines, dryers, bookcases, big recliners, and other furniture.

 

[ultrarunner]

LOL, I think we all should have 2 dishwashers.
One that has clean dishes only and the second to accept the dirty ones.
Would save on costly cabinets to store dishes and avoid extra handling.

The home I grew up in came with a GE Dishwasher circa 1958 and Mom found it ideal to store canned goods and the Ball Jars...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

The home I grew up in came with a GE Dishwasher circa 1958 and Mom found it ideal to store canned goods and the Ball Jars...

MIL stores stuff in hers.

 

[goeduck]

I would hate to keep piles of trash around and have to make my own monthly landfill run. I gladly pay the man to pick it up weekly.

Man, oh man. The WEEKLY run to the transfer station is a cherished ritual of my dogs and mine. Every Saturday morning they are after me to load up the totes, fill up my coffee and make the 10 mile run. They go nuts when they hear the wheels on the totes and, if they could, I think they would pull the pickup out of the shop themselves. Side trips to HD or the property do not hurt

 

[goeduck]

While I applaud the efforts to recycle, I agree that supply of certain items have exceeded the possible uses for them. I figure that they were destined for the landfill before and maybe excess supply will end up there also.

Very astute posting. Even with people recycling items the items will still eventually hit the trash dumpster after the second or third go around. This is due in part to our society’s excessive consumption. We are very materialistic. New this, new that. Do we really need all that we acquire as a society? Would our capitalism prosper if not? People need to spend money for the economy to move goods and services. My goal is to sit back and watch those that consume and drive the economy while using and paying for only what I need.