The garbage pick up is via a garbage service in our city. Once a week. It used to be paid though the water bill, but it's separate now. We have separate bins (garbage, recycle, and organic) that all get picked up the same day (different trucks). We are allowed 4 bulky pickups a year (big stuff that doesn't fit in bins). Street sweeping is done by the city, once a week. The condo community (across the street) have dumpsters that are picked up the same day as our trash.If you live in a place where the city/town does trash pick ups how frequently does that occur say for single family homes or places without dumpster service?
Do you think it is a typical thing to have occasional neighborhood/community clean up days for volunteers or is that always the job of the department of public works?
A friend and I have different thoughts/experiences with both of these so just wondering what is common.
The trash company provides the bins. You can get different sizes. Like this:We're required to provide our own cans, and most get something like a Rubbermaid Roughneck or Rubbermaid Commercial trash can.
Trash and recycling bins are required to be provided to residents by the county.Where does everyone put it though? We're required to provide our own cans, and most get something like a Rubbermaid Roughneck or Rubbermaid Commercial trash can. The neighboring areas all seem to provide rolling containers that are designed to work with mechanical lifts.
Around here it's all private contractors doing pickup. Ours is an independent company, but a few of the neighboring areas contract with Waste Management or are city operated.
Our contractor still does it the old fashioned way. They even use massive aluminum cans used to consolidate waste from several homes in order to place in the truck.Yes the lifts are primarily what they use in my county. The city requests you leave around 3 feet between bins if possible as it makes it easier for the mechanical arms to pick it up.