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Possible mandatory composting in Seattle
Note that I do not have the same waste removal people that Seattle proper
does. And while they are already supposed to compost, I saw on the news last night that they are fixing to really crack down and implement fines for not doing so. The fine for a home owner was a measly $1 which likely wouldn't affect much but it would be $50 for a business owner. As you can imagine, this could present a problem for places where the customer is expected to get rid of their waste. Taco Time has been using compostable things for a very long time, but not everything is. For some reason, the spoons are not but the knives and forks are. And if you dine in, many of their items (even though they are fast food) come on a platter that is washed and reused. They have what appears to be trash bins but are really for compostable things. Then they have tiny trash cans for actual trash. I have one of that size that I use for tiny things like the caps to my needles and my clipped needles and such. However, it is up to the customer to do the right thing and some won't. This will force some employee at the business to sort through all waste. And probably put locks on their dumpsters. http://earthfix.opb.org/communities/...rbside-compos/ I have been trying to crack down in my own home. I found eggshells in the trash today. And sometimes I find other food there. And I am guilty on occasion when it is something overly wet. The minute you put really wet foods in a Biobag, the bag just sort of melts. Guess I will have to work on that. For stuff like soup, I drain the liquid into the sink, then run the rest outside right away. I am also trying to work hard on portion size. Two extra bites of something that didn't get eaten is now an expensive PITA to dispose of. |
Possible mandatory composting in Seattle
On Tue, 9 Sep 2014 19:47:05 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote: > http://earthfix.opb.org/communities/...rbside-compos/ > > I have been trying to crack down in my own home. I found eggshells in the > trash today. And sometimes I find other food there. And I am guilty on > occasion when it is something overly wet. The minute you put really wet > foods in a Biobag, the bag just sort of melts. Guess I will have to work on > that. For stuff like soup, I drain the liquid into the sink, then run the > rest outside right away. I am also trying to work hard on portion size. > Two extra bites of something that didn't get eaten is now an expensive PITA > to dispose of. I have a garbage disposal. I don't have the room to keep 4 garbage bins out of sight, so I only use garbage and recycling. I put most of the compostables down the garbage disposal and the rest goes into the garbage. I don't generate a lot of waste, so I don't feel guilty. -- Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them. |
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"sf" > wrote in message ... > On Tue, 9 Sep 2014 19:47:05 -0700, "Julie Bove" > > wrote: > >> http://earthfix.opb.org/communities/...rbside-compos/ >> >> I have been trying to crack down in my own home. I found eggshells in >> the >> trash today. And sometimes I find other food there. And I am guilty on >> occasion when it is something overly wet. The minute you put really wet >> foods in a Biobag, the bag just sort of melts. Guess I will have to work >> on >> that. For stuff like soup, I drain the liquid into the sink, then run >> the >> rest outside right away. I am also trying to work hard on portion size. >> Two extra bites of something that didn't get eaten is now an expensive >> PITA >> to dispose of. > > I have a garbage disposal. I don't have the room to keep 4 garbage > bins out of sight, so I only use garbage and recycling. I put most of > the compostables down the garbage disposal and the rest goes into the > garbage. I don't generate a lot of waste, so I don't feel guilty. We are not supposed to use the garbage disposal as they tell us it pollutes the water. I'm not going to say that I don't use it once in a while but for the most part I try not to. |
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Possible mandatory composting in Seattle
On 2014-09-10 7:49 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> Most places it goes tot he town sewage department where it gets treated. > There s a cost to that as part of your water bill too. > > Composting is always preferred as it does not use water, chemicals, clog > pipes, add cost, etc. If you have a yard with lawn and garden, it is > nutrient rich so you don't have to buy fertilizer to get good results. We have been recycling and composting here for years. We have a compost pail on the kitchen counter and that gets emptied into the compost bin in the bag yard or into the green bin. Bones go into the green bin. Paper and cardboard go into the grey bin and plastics, styrofoam, glass and metal go into the blue bin. The rest goes into a garbage bag. It sure does cut down on what goes into the garbage and to the landfill site. |
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On 9/10/2014 8:16 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-09-10 7:49 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: >> Composting is always preferred as it does not use water, chemicals, clog >> pipes, add cost, etc. If you have a yard with lawn and garden, it is >> nutrient rich so you don't have to buy fertilizer to get good results. > We have been recycling and composting here for years. We have a compost > pail on the kitchen counter and that gets emptied into the compost bin > in the bag yard or into the green bin. Bones go into the green bin. > Paper and cardboard go into the grey bin and plastics, styrofoam, glass > and metal go into the blue bin. The rest goes into a garbage bag. It > sure does cut down on what goes into the garbage and to the landfill site. Recycling most of that has been mandatory where I live for years now, but composting is left to the individual. Of course I have a pile where kitchen and yard waste go. Parts of NYC have a compost program, they pick it up. Now that's a big project. nancy |
Possible mandatory composting in Seattle
Our town does not provide trash pickup, so we have to make a "dump run" every week. Paper, glass, plastics, etc. are tossed together and the rest gets thrown in a separate area. We have three compost bins in our yard (3 acres) and they provide some really nice soil additive. I keep a bowl on the counter for the daily scraps and it gets emptied outside every night. The garbage disposal only gets used for the little dregs left on the bottom of the sink after washing up.
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On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 10:26:16 AM UTC-4, wrote:
> Our town does not provide trash pickup, so we have to make a "dump run" every week. So, how do they keep the lazies from just tossing stuff in the woods etc? Until ppl are forced to recycle thru a curbside system, some will never comply. And what do the infirm, or carless ppl do? Pay extra for hauling? I'd love to see mandatory recycling take effect everywhere, but I know it's a slow and expensive transition. |
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On 9/9/2014 10:02 PM, sf wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Sep 2014 19:47:05 -0700, "Julie Bove" > > wrote: > >> http://earthfix.opb.org/communities/...rbside-compos/ >> >> I have been trying to crack down in my own home. I found eggshells in the >> trash today. And sometimes I find other food there. And I am guilty on >> occasion when it is something overly wet. The minute you put really wet >> foods in a Biobag, the bag just sort of melts. Guess I will have to work on >> that. For stuff like soup, I drain the liquid into the sink, then run the >> rest outside right away. I am also trying to work hard on portion size. >> Two extra bites of something that didn't get eaten is now an expensive PITA >> to dispose of. > > I have a garbage disposal. I don't have the room to keep 4 garbage > bins out of sight, so I only use garbage and recycling. I put most of > the compostables down the garbage disposal and the rest goes into the > garbage. I don't generate a lot of waste, so I don't feel guilty. > > Where I live, we have to separate our trash into three bins: recyclable, compostable garden waste, and other. No, we are NOT to put kitchen waste into the compostable bin, just garden waste; and that is the largest bin. The county has a composting project from which the result is available. We do have and use a garbage disposer in our kitchen sink. All waste water from the area -- straddling two counties -- goes to a water reclamation plant. The processed liquid output -- filtered and disinfected -- is sold for use on golf courses, parks, greenbelts, and school playfields; the price is less than for potable water and allows large landscaped areas to remain irrigated during a drought. The processed solid output is "digested" (sort of a fermenting process) and composted; it is available free to anyone who wants to get it. Note that the reclaimed water contains too many minerals for use as drinking water, and the compost is NOT approved for use on edibles. My own compost is strictly garden waste, primarily autumn leaves. Thus it is almost entirely leaf mold. I have the ornamental grass in back mowed about once a year and add only some of the grass clippings. I have my trees trimmed every third year and add a little of the wood chips. -- David E. Ross Visit "Cooking with David" at <http://www.rossde.com/cooking/> |
Possible mandatory composting in Seattle
"David E. Ross" > wrote in message ... > Where I live, we have to separate our trash into three bins: recyclable, > compostable garden waste, and other. No, we are NOT to put kitchen > waste into the compostable bin, just garden waste; and that is the > largest bin. The county has a composting project from which the result > is available. We have three as well. One for garbage, one for recycles and one for yard trimmings, leaves etc. We save all the compostables for the worms and flower beds, and recycle everything that is possible to recycle, so we have very little actual garbage for the bin. We requested the smallest bin a few months ago, which is cheaper, and we still don't come near filling it. Cheri |
Possible mandatory composting in Seattle
On 9/10/2014 10:47 AM, David E. Ross wrote:
> We do have and use a garbage disposer in our kitchen sink. All waste > water from the area -- straddling two counties -- goes to a water > reclamation plant. The processed liquid output -- filtered and > disinfected -- is sold for use on golf courses, parks, greenbelts, and > school playfields; Awesome. > My own compost is strictly garden waste, primarily autumn leaves. Thus > it is almost entirely leaf mold. I have the ornamental grass in back > mowed about once a year and add only some of the grass clippings. I > have my trees trimmed every third year and add a little of the wood chips. I used to make my compost from leaves only (carbon) but now I add the nitrogen with vegetable scraps/coffee grounds, etc. nancy |
Possible mandatory composting in Seattle
Kalmia, our town doesn't provide trash pick for anyone. If you are infirm, don't own a truck, etc. you hire a trash service. We don't seem to have a lot of random trash dumping in the woods, but anyone caught doing it would be fined.
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On 9/10/2014 10:35 AM, Kalmia wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 10:26:16 AM UTC-4, wrote: >> Our town does not provide trash pickup, so we have to make a "dump run" every week. > > So, how do they keep the lazies from just tossing stuff in the woods etc? Until ppl are forced to recycle thru a curbside system, some will never comply. > > And what do the infirm, or carless ppl do? Pay extra for hauling? > > I'd love to see mandatory recycling take effect everywhere, but I know it's a slow and expensive transition. > In our town, it used to be a dump run or contract with a private hauler. I was paying $5 a month 30 years ago. The landfill closed and became an ash landfill so the town has a contractor to pick up trash. We have a recycle bin (they take that free) and buy $1 stickers to put on bags. I take the trash to work and use the dumpster since we never fill it and we pay a fixed rate for weekly pickup. |
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In article >,
"Julie Bove" > wrote: > "sf" > wrote in message > ... > > On Tue, 9 Sep 2014 19:47:05 -0700, "Julie Bove" > > > wrote: > > > >> http://earthfix.opb.org/communities/...-fines-to-enfo > >> rce-curbside-compos/ > >> > >> I have been trying to crack down in my own home. I found eggshells in > >> the > >> trash today. And sometimes I find other food there. And I am guilty on > >> occasion when it is something overly wet. The minute you put really wet > >> foods in a Biobag, the bag just sort of melts. Guess I will have to work > >> on > >> that. For stuff like soup, I drain the liquid into the sink, then run > >> the > >> rest outside right away. I am also trying to work hard on portion size. > >> Two extra bites of something that didn't get eaten is now an expensive > >> PITA > >> to dispose of. > > > > I have a garbage disposal. I don't have the room to keep 4 garbage > > bins out of sight, so I only use garbage and recycling. I put most of > > the compostables down the garbage disposal and the rest goes into the > > garbage. I don't generate a lot of waste, so I don't feel guilty. > > We are not supposed to use the garbage disposal as they tell us it pollutes > the water. I'm not going to say that I don't use it once in a while but for > the most part I try not to. of course it pollutes the water, but the same pipes carry all the bathroom turds and it doesn't pollute...you believe way too much idiocy |
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On 2014-09-10 10:35 AM, Kalmia wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 10:26:16 AM UTC-4, > wrote: >> Our town does not provide trash pickup, so we have to make a "dump >> run" every week. > > So, how do they keep the lazies from just tossing stuff in the woods > etc? Until ppl are forced to recycle thru a curbside system, some > will never comply. > A few years back they put a one bag per household limit on garbage and you have to buy special tags for a buck apiece for excess. It didn't take long before the low lifes started dumping them along the rural roads around here. Someone tossed on into the ditch in front of our house. Lucky for me it was a clear plastic bag and I saw the mail envelopes inside and their address was in a couple of them. I was going into town that night for something so I took their garbage and tossed it back onto their lawn where it belong. > |
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"Cheri" > wrote in message ... > > "David E. Ross" > wrote in message > ... > >> Where I live, we have to separate our trash into three bins: recyclable, >> compostable garden waste, and other. No, we are NOT to put kitchen >> waste into the compostable bin, just garden waste; and that is the >> largest bin. The county has a composting project from which the result >> is available. > > We have three as well. One for garbage, one for recycles and one for yard > trimmings, leaves etc. We save all the compostables for the worms and > flower beds, and recycle everything that is possible to recycle, so we > have very little actual garbage for the bin. We requested the smallest bin > a few months ago, which is cheaper, and we still don't come near filling > it. We always have too much recycling. I wish we could get either two bins or weekly pickup. Most people have weekly pickup now. Oddly enough they do weekly yard waste pickup now but not recycling. Our trash can is slightly smaller than the other two bins. I tried the small one which they said would be big enough for two. Husband wasn't living here then. It wasn't big enough. So I got the bigger one. I still have weeks when I have to use an extra can. Such as if we have to get rid of a broken computer chair or some such thing. Not all of the pieces will fit but seeing as how we no longer have a van, the more of whatever it is that I can get out in the trash, the better. I went with one of the trash people's cans after having ours stolen, destroyed and found in the neighbor's yard. Brand new can too! The trash people were on strike that week. |
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On 9/10/2014 6:37 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> > > We always have too much recycling. I wish we could get either two bins > or weekly pickup. Have you asked? We just have to go to the town hall and they will give you one. |
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On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:45:47 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>On 9/10/2014 6:37 PM, Julie Bove wrote: >> > > >> >> We always have too much recycling. I wish we could get either two bins >> or weekly pickup. > >Have you asked? We just have to go to the town hall and they will give >you one. Where I live, you can put out as much recycling as you want. We have three bins, which is plenty. The bins cost about $15 at Home Depot, and the ones we have are stackable. Doris |
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"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message ... > On 9/10/2014 6:37 PM, Julie Bove wrote: >> > > >> >> We always have too much recycling. I wish we could get either two bins >> or weekly pickup. > > Have you asked? We just have to go to the town hall and they will give > you one. Yep. They told me if I needed another bin, I would have to purchase one. I had been using a purchased, open topped one that was an emergency purchase during that year that we had the two back to back snow storms. We went without pickup for so long I lost track of it. Perhaps a month. I do not want to pay $70+ for a wheeled recycle bin so I got a cheap lidded trash can, spray painted it blue and added a large recycle decal. They told me that the bin needed to be labeled and lidded. But we still have so much that some weeks, both of those are out there, plus both of our tall, thin ones plus a lot of boxes. |
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On 9/10/2014 7:08 PM, Doris Night wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:45:47 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote: > >> On 9/10/2014 6:37 PM, Julie Bove wrote: >>> >> >> >>> >>> We always have too much recycling. I wish we could get either two bins >>> or weekly pickup. >> >> Have you asked? We just have to go to the town hall and they will give >> you one. > > Where I live, you can put out as much recycling as you want. We have > three bins, which is plenty. > > The bins cost about $15 at Home Depot, and the ones we have are > stackable. > > Doris > We have to use bins provided by the trash collecting company, and we have to pay an additional fee for each bin. -- David E. Ross Visit "Cooking with David" at <http://www.rossde.com/cooking/> |
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"Doris Night" > wrote in message ... > On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:45:47 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote: > >>On 9/10/2014 6:37 PM, Julie Bove wrote: >>> >> >> >>> >>> We always have too much recycling. I wish we could get either two bins >>> or weekly pickup. >> >>Have you asked? We just have to go to the town hall and they will give >>you one. > > Where I live, you can put out as much recycling as you want. We have > three bins, which is plenty. > > The bins cost about $15 at Home Depot, and the ones we have are > stackable. A $15 bin would not work for me. We have tons! I don't know what size our bin is but clearly far more than 32 gal. If you go to this link then click on the section for "extra recycling", you can see a picture of what our provided bin looks like. We also have a little open topped bin that they used at some time prior to us moving in here. It's rather a joke! Was probably intended for newspapers as that's about all it would hold. We had two of those on Cape Cod. One for paper and the other for cans and bottles. Soda bottles and cans had to be taken to the package store...aka liquor store. We got money for turning them in. So... The small bin was enough for me there, particularly when we had weekly pickup. But we drink a lot of bottled and canned drinks so the bin gets full very quickly. http://wmnorthwest.com/bothell/recycling.html |
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On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:34:40 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote: > A $15 bin would not work for me. We have tons! I don't know what size our > bin is but clearly far more than 32 gal. I'm flabbergasted that you produce that much recycling! -- Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them. |
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On 9/11/2014 2:14 AM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:34:40 -0700, "Julie Bove" > > wrote: > >> A $15 bin would not work for me. We have tons! I don't know what size our >> bin is but clearly far more than 32 gal. > > I'm flabbergasted that you produce that much recycling! > > She throws a lot of stuff away. OB Food: Had seared medallions of lamb with mashed potatoes and steamed broccoi for dinner. Jill |
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"David E. Ross" > wrote in message ... > On 9/10/2014 7:08 PM, Doris Night wrote: >> On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:45:47 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote: >> >>> On 9/10/2014 6:37 PM, Julie Bove wrote: >>>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> We always have too much recycling. I wish we could get either two bins >>>> or weekly pickup. >>> >>> Have you asked? We just have to go to the town hall and they will give >>> you one. >> >> Where I live, you can put out as much recycling as you want. We have >> three bins, which is plenty. >> >> The bins cost about $15 at Home Depot, and the ones we have are >> stackable. >> >> Doris >> > > We have to use bins provided by the trash collecting company, and we > have to pay an additional fee for each bin. I just ordered another large bin. Found one on Amazon for around $60. I'm sure it will work a lot better than what I've been using. |
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"sf" > wrote in message ... > On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:34:40 -0700, "Julie Bove" > > wrote: > >> A $15 bin would not work for me. We have tons! I don't know what size >> our >> bin is but clearly far more than 32 gal. > > I'm flabbergasted that you produce that much recycling! Why? They only collect every two weeks. We usually eat at least one can of food per day. If I am home for most of the day, I drink at least 12 cans of soda. Husband and daughter drink less. Add in bottled water, tea, etc. Then there are boxes, packing for the boxes and tons of junk mail. Every time I empty my mailbox, most to all of it goes right in the bin. |
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On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:34:40 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote: > >"Doris Night" > wrote in message .. . >> On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:45:47 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote: >> >>>On 9/10/2014 6:37 PM, Julie Bove wrote: >>>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> We always have too much recycling. I wish we could get either two bins >>>> or weekly pickup. >>> >>>Have you asked? We just have to go to the town hall and they will give >>>you one. >> >> Where I live, you can put out as much recycling as you want. We have >> three bins, which is plenty. >> >> The bins cost about $15 at Home Depot, and the ones we have are >> stackable. > >A $15 bin would not work for me. We have tons! I don't know what size our >bin is but clearly far more than 32 gal. If you go to this link then click >on the section for "extra recycling", you can see a picture of what our >provided bin looks like. We also have a little open topped bin that they >used at some time prior to us moving in here. It's rather a joke! Was >probably intended for newspapers as that's about all it would hold. We had >two of those on Cape Cod. One for paper and the other for cans and bottles. >Soda bottles and cans had to be taken to the package store...aka liquor >store. We got money for turning them in. So... The small bin was enough >for me there, particularly when we had weekly pickup. But we drink a lot of >bottled and canned drinks so the bin gets full very quickly. > >http://wmnorthwest.com/bothell/recycling.html I guess you need to get a can crusher. Doris |
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"jmcquown" > wrote in message ... > On 9/11/2014 2:14 AM, sf wrote: >> On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:34:40 -0700, "Julie Bove" >> > wrote: >> >>> A $15 bin would not work for me. We have tons! I don't know what size >>> our >>> bin is but clearly far more than 32 gal. >> >> I'm flabbergasted that you produce that much recycling! >> >> > She throws a lot of stuff away. Uh... I don't throw away recycling. I recycle it! > > OB Food: Had seared medallions of lamb with mashed potatoes and steamed > broccoi for dinner. I had turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes and peas. Husband had chicken and spinach sausage and some spinach lasagna with no red sauce. Daughter had carrots, olives and 1/2 of a grilled cheese sandwich. |
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"jmcquown" > wrote in message ... > On 9/10/2014 1:24 PM, wrote: >> Kalmia, our town doesn't provide trash pick for anyone. If you are >> infirm, don't own a truck, etc. you hire a trash service. We don't seem >> to have a lot of random trash dumping in the woods, but anyone caught >> doing it would be fined. >> >> Denise in NH >> > I have to hire my own trash pickup service. Even when I lived in > apartments when I lived in TN, I paid for it. It was added onto my rent. Wow! Here if you live in an apartment, there is one or more big dumpsters for you to use for free. |
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On 9/11/2014 8:43 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> > "jmcquown" > wrote in message > ... >> On 9/10/2014 1:24 PM, wrote: >>> Kalmia, our town doesn't provide trash pick for anyone. If you are >>> infirm, don't own a truck, etc. you hire a trash service. We don't >>> seem to have a lot of random trash dumping in the woods, but anyone >>> caught doing it would be fined. >>> >>> Denise in NH >>> >> I have to hire my own trash pickup service. Even when I lived in >> apartments when I lived in TN, I paid for it. It was added onto my rent. > > > Wow! Here if you live in an apartment, there is one or more big > dumpsters for you to use for free. Guess I lived in higher rent districts. ;) Most of the apartments I rented provided one big rolling trash can each for the individual units. The one before the last, I did have to walk downstairs and to the side of the building to put things in my bin. The last apartment, where I lived 12 years, had an enclosed gated spot off the fenced patio where the bin sat. The trash collection people would just walk up and roll it to the truck to empty it. It was curbside service. I don't recall having had to use a big dumpster in an apartment complex since the mid-1980's. Jill |
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"Julie Bove" > wrote in message ... > > "jmcquown" > wrote in message > ... >> On 9/10/2014 1:24 PM, wrote: >>> Kalmia, our town doesn't provide trash pick for anyone. If you are >>> infirm, don't own a truck, etc. you hire a trash service. We don't seem >>> to have a lot of random trash dumping in the woods, but anyone caught >>> doing it would be fined. >>> >>> Denise in NH >>> >> I have to hire my own trash pickup service. Even when I lived in >> apartments when I lived in TN, I paid for it. It was added onto my rent. > > > Wow! Here if you live in an apartment, there is one or more big dumpsters > for you to use for free. I'm sure it was factored into the rent or it is listed somewhere on the utility bill. Nothing like that is *free.* Cheri |
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On 9/11/2014 9:20 AM, Cheri wrote:
> > "Julie Bove" > wrote in message > ... >> >> "jmcquown" > wrote in message >> ... >>> On 9/10/2014 1:24 PM, wrote: >>>> Kalmia, our town doesn't provide trash pick for anyone. If you are >>>> infirm, don't own a truck, etc. you hire a trash service. We don't >>>> seem to have a lot of random trash dumping in the woods, but anyone >>>> caught doing it would be fined. >>>> >>>> Denise in NH >>>> >>> I have to hire my own trash pickup service. Even when I lived in >>> apartments when I lived in TN, I paid for it. It was added onto my >>> rent. >> >> >> Wow! Here if you live in an apartment, there is one or more big >> dumpsters for you to use for free. > > I'm sure it was factored into the rent or it is listed somewhere on the > utility bill. Nothing like that is *free.* > > Cheri > Yeppers. The dumpsters were for everyone in the complex to use. The trash pickup was not "free". Jill |
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On 9/10/2014 9:45 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 9/10/2014 6:37 PM, Julie Bove wrote: >> We always have too much recycling. I wish we could get either two bins >> or weekly pickup. > > Have you asked? We just have to go to the town hall and they will give > you one. We have to buy our own bins, which suits me. I have a couple of Rubbermaid Brutes I can switch off if one gets full. A couple of years ago, my town switched to picking up every recyclable twice a month. Whoever arranged that deserves a bonus. Before that they picked up newspapers/cardboard/mixed paper once a month and cans/bottles a different day, once a month. You always had a collection of crap piling up somewhere. Of course, I could drive stuff over to the yard and drop it off myself, which I often did. It's pretty far as I live in a large town. Unless I had business in the area, hard to justify burning gas in the name of recycling. nancy |
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On 9/11/2014 8:42 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> > "jmcquown" > wrote in message > ... >> On 9/11/2014 2:14 AM, sf wrote: >>> On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:34:40 -0700, "Julie Bove" >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> A $15 bin would not work for me. We have tons! I don't know what >>>> size our >>>> bin is but clearly far more than 32 gal. >>> >>> I'm flabbergasted that you produce that much recycling! >>> >>> >> She throws a lot of stuff away. > > Uh... I don't throw away recycling. I recycle it! >> You're lucky you live in an area that provides recycling pickup as an option. For some stupid reason the residents of Dataw protested loudly when the [only available] trash pickup service wanted to institute recycling. I don't know why; I guess they didn't want to have to sort things and buy more bins. I *could* collect these items and drive stuff to the so-called recycle center (I call it a dump). However, I don't use enough cans, plastic bottles, or paper to make it worthwhile in terms of gas mileage. >> OB Food: Had seared medallions of lamb with mashed potatoes and >> steamed broccoli for dinner. > > I had turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes and peas. Husband had chicken and > spinach sausage and some spinach lasagna with no red sauce. Daughter > had carrots, olives and 1/2 of a grilled cheese sandwich. Woo hoo! Three different meals. Does anyone in your house ever sit down and eat the same thing for dinner? Don't answer; that was a rhetorical question. Jill |
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:40:24 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote: snip > If I am home for most of the day, I drink at least 12 cans of >soda. Husband and daughter drink less. snip What did you really mean to type? Janet US |
Possible mandatory composting in Seattle
jmcquown > wrote:
> On 9/11/2014 8:42 AM, Julie Bove wrote: >> >> "jmcquown" > wrote in message >> ... >>> On 9/11/2014 2:14 AM, sf wrote: >>>> On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:34:40 -0700, "Julie Bove" >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> A $15 bin would not work for me. We have tons! I don't know what >>>>> size our >>>>> bin is but clearly far more than 32 gal. >>>> >>>> I'm flabbergasted that you produce that much recycling! >>>> >>>> >>> She throws a lot of stuff away. >> >> Uh... I don't throw away recycling. I recycle it! >>> > You're lucky you live in an area that provides recycling pickup as an > option. For some stupid reason the residents of Dataw protested loudly > when the [only available] trash pickup service wanted to institute > recycling. I don't know why; I guess they didn't want to have to sort > things and buy more bins. > > I *could* collect these items and drive stuff to the so-called recycle > center (I call it a dump). However, I don't use enough cans, plastic > bottles, or paper to make it worthwhile in terms of gas mileage. > >>> OB Food: Had seared medallions of lamb with mashed potatoes and >>> steamed broccoli for dinner. >> >> I had turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes and peas. Husband had chicken and >> spinach sausage and some spinach lasagna with no red sauce. Daughter >> had carrots, olives and 1/2 of a grilled cheese sandwich. > > Woo hoo! Three different meals. Does anyone in your house ever sit down > and eat the same thing for dinner? Don't answer; that was a rhetorical question. > > Jill I can't even imagine the time and labor it takes to cook three different meals each and every night! -- jinx the minx |
Possible mandatory composting in Seattle
On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:45:47 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>On 9/10/2014 6:37 PM, Julie Bove wrote: >> We always have too much recycling. I wish we could get either two bins >> or weekly pickup. > >Have you asked? We just have to go to the town hall and they will give >you one. Our trash company supplies cans in three sizes, small, medium, and large. I have one small for trash, one small for recyclables... I have very little trash and I collapse all recyclables. The large cans are humongous, I swear they can garage a VW bug. If I requested the large for recyclables I could save myself from collapsing cartons and stomping cans but the monster sized thing is so huge it won't fit in my garage unless I parked my car outside... and I don't want to have to go outside to toss trash plus if the cans are outdoors the critters will strew everything about where the wind will take it everywhere. At the bottom of this page you can see the three different sized trash cans: http://www.county-waste.com/residential |
Possible mandatory composting in Seattle
On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 05:37:41 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote: > >"David E. Ross" > wrote in message ... >> On 9/10/2014 7:08 PM, Doris Night wrote: >>> On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 21:45:47 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote: >>> >>>> On 9/10/2014 6:37 PM, Julie Bove wrote: >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> We always have too much recycling. I wish we could get either two bins >>>>> or weekly pickup. >>>> >>>> Have you asked? We just have to go to the town hall and they will give >>>> you one. >>> >>> Where I live, you can put out as much recycling as you want. We have >>> three bins, which is plenty. >>> >>> The bins cost about $15 at Home Depot, and the ones we have are >>> stackable. >>> >>> Doris >>> >> >> We have to use bins provided by the trash collecting company, and we >> have to pay an additional fee for each bin. > >I just ordered another large bin. Found one on Amazon for around $60. I'm >sure it will work a lot better than what I've been using. We need to use the ones supplied by the trash company, they are made so their trucks can pick them up, dump, and put them back down, all without the driver leaving the cab... they will supply extras at no charge but then where to store them all... but they solved the problem for those who generate a lot of trash by having three different size cans. |
Possible mandatory composting in Seattle
On 2014-09-11 11:13 AM, jinx the minx wrote:
>> Woo hoo! Three different meals. Does anyone in your house ever sit down >> and eat the same thing for dinner? Don't answer; that was a rhetorical question. >> >> Jill > > I can't even imagine the time and labor it takes to cook three different > meals each and every night! > Not only does she have time to shop for, prepare and clean up for all those meals, but she can still spend all day posting on use net. |
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