Comments on: Canceling Trash Pickup Will Remind Me Of How Much Trash We Dispose Of.

By: knutty knitter

knutty knitter — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:42:13 +0000

We pay $1 a bag and it is collected weekly along with the recycle bin which is paid for by the council. We only use a bag (40 litres) once a fortnight on average with the odd extra – say about $3 per month and $35 per year as part of our council tax.

Cheap really

viv in nz

By: Chase

Chase — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:05:06 +0000

A neat idea. I’m a spoiled kid who never did do his chores often enough, and living on-campus at my university (where I must take out my own garbage and recycling) has taught me to be mindful of my use of resources.

By: Krista

Krista — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:24:36 +0000

I barely have any trash too. I almost never need to have them pick up my trash. But, I pay the full amount. I usually have more in my recycling bin, than my trash bin. What heather w. said sounds like a great idea. I wonder if my trash service will let me pay for just “special” pick ups. That would be great if they do. I think I am going to call them tomorrow to find out. Thanks for the idea!

By: Meg from FruWiki

Meg from FruWiki — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:50:09 +0000

Hmmm… I wonder if we can cancel our garbage pickup. I think my husband looked into it once years ago and they said that we had to have garbage service.

We pay $13 for the smallest size garbage cart (20 gallons) and we often skip weeks. However, the nearest self-serve landfill I know of is a bit out of the way so perhaps it is well worth the money.

We would probably consider it if it was $27, though! Yikes! $26 per month will get you weekly pickup for a 96 gallon garbage cart here. I haven’t seen many of those around, but I think most of our neighbors have 35 or 64 gallon carts — so full they don’t close, of course. I’ve only seen a few other 20 gallon-ers in the neighborhood. It feels like being in an exclusive club