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24. I used to have Waste Management

Sat Mar 1, 2014, 03:16 AM

Mar 2014

but each time the gasoline prices went up, so did the quarterly bill. When gas prices would go down, the bill would stay the same, then go up again with the next round of gas increases. For the past few years, I've been taking everything to the dump myself. If I remember correctly, my last quarterly bill was $150+tax. I now spend about $30-40/quarter at the dump. If I take a load of recycling, it's no charge. I can also drop off recyclables in town for free, so that's usually what I do because the dump is 20 minutes away. The dump also takes anything, so I don't have to call and pay extra for furniture, appliances, etc. They accept whatever I haul.

I have a pickup truck...if I had a car, I'd probably still be using a private company.

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Is your trash picked up weekly by a private company? [View all] redwitch Mar 2014 OP

No, once every two weeks quinnox Mar 2014 #1

that's why you "find" an extra city trash bin, just in case... dionysus Mar 2014 #4

I was not happy about it quinnox Mar 2014 #7

i think it's private, but contracted by the city. i think Waste Management does our trash, but we dionysus Mar 2014 #2

Some people are talking dissolution for our village. redwitch Mar 2014 #6

yeah, i hear ya... rochester ny here. i get city trash and 2 miles away is private\none! dionysus Mar 2014 #8

I love Rochester and go there a lot for my job. redwitch Mar 2014 #11

me too. perfect size, nice joint... and tons of affordable golf courses within 30 min. dionysus Mar 2014 #21

Town city pick up JustAnotherGen Mar 2014 #34

City now, but was private for the last 20 years Glitterati Mar 2014 #16

I have no idea what will happen to water rates. redwitch Mar 2014 #18

We had a leak Glitterati Mar 2014 #20

Lots of private haulers could be chosen. redwitch Mar 2014 #12

oh hells no, you've not much much choice... i know at least one guy who lives a few miles away dionysus Mar 2014 #22

We've had both joeglow3 Mar 2014 #58

huh.. i've tossed couches and shit before, they just send a different truck by, one with a robotic dionysus Mar 2014 #62

Same here Go Vols Mar 2014 #63

Not here. joeglow3 Mar 2014 #65

wow, here you can remodel a house and leave all the stuff in a pile on the curb, they'll take it! dionysus Mar 2014 #66

No. Once a week. n/t ChazII Mar 2014 #3

No... ohheckyeah Mar 2014 #5

No. I haul my own trash. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2014 #9

We have a lot of people in the village who couldn't do that. redwitch Mar 2014 #10

Nothing because, I take it to my brother's dumpster at his business. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2014 #14

I have to haul it to the transfer station. NutmegYankee Mar 2014 #13

Yeah, same pipi_k Mar 2014 #41

Once a week - by the city. n/t trackfan Mar 2014 #15

Yes. Blue_In_AK Mar 2014 #17

The county picks up mine Spirochete Mar 2014 #19

I surreptitiously take my garbage to various manufacturing facility dumpsters around town Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #23

I used to have Waste Management njlib Mar 2014 #24

Private; GreenWaste; once a week REP Mar 2014 #25

Did not read any responses. raven mad Mar 2014 #26

Ours is, we live out in the country so no city services. ladyVet Mar 2014 #27

mine is twice a week. but I usually hollysmom Mar 2014 #28

Yes and no, and it's twice weekly TorchTheWitch Mar 2014 #29

Teabaggers here rammed through a change two years ago, from Township to private .... Scuba Mar 2014 #30

Yes. No choice. Township doesn't do it. WinkyDink Mar 2014 #31

We never had anybody pick up our trash. We B Calm Mar 2014 #32

Yes. Once a week by Waste Management My Good Babushka Mar 2014 #33

Yes but we live out of town, in the county. newfie11 Mar 2014 #35

Town taxes cover it here JustAnotherGen Mar 2014 #36

Yes.. sendero Mar 2014 #37

Our village DPW collects our trash/recycling weekly. Earth_First Mar 2014 #38

haul it every saturday to the transfer station - I actually look forward to it....... piratefish08 Mar 2014 #39

No. I live rurally and take my own trash to the dump magical thyme Mar 2014 #40

Our village DPW collects our trash/recycling weekly on Friday $19.83 monthly, and MerryBlooms Mar 2014 #42

Yes. In St. Paul, MN, there is no contract waste pickup. MineralMan Mar 2014 #43

Yet more proof that Minneapolis is better BainsBane Mar 2014 #54

Neener, neener, neener... MineralMan Mar 2014 #60

The mafia takes it away. FarCenter Mar 2014 #44

LOL! redwitch Mar 2014 #47

The city contracts a private company Ruby the Liberal Mar 2014 #45

Weekly, 5 can limit, About $35 per quarter Blue Diadem Mar 2014 #46

Twice weekly. City of Houston. Part of taxes. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2014 #48

Yes. They take what the scavengers don't get to first. femmocrat Mar 2014 #49

Yup.. Once a week, trash and recyclables SomethingFishy Mar 2014 #50

The city has a contract with Republic Services. tammywammy Mar 2014 #51

Nope, my trash is hauled to the dump about once a month tularetom Mar 2014 #52

I work in the sanitation dept. (Public Works) in my town. Every ward is picked up once every week. Skeeter Barnes Mar 2014 #53

no the city comes by twice a week, once for general trash and again for recyclables arely staircase Mar 2014 #55

Waste Management, I think sakabatou Mar 2014 #56

Waste Management every Thursday $46 a month, we cheat two of us doc03 Mar 2014 #57

Every Thursday even on Holidays... ileus Mar 2014 #59

Once a week. Garbage and recycles both. CTyankee Mar 2014 #61

Twice a week by a private company as we are outside city limits. About $78 quarterly. Same company PATXgirl Mar 2014 #64

My trash is currently NOT picked up by the City... brooklynite Mar 2014 #67

I live in a mobile home park and trash pick-up RebelOne Mar 2014 #68