Cleanout / trash removal services won't take yard waste

Maybe you can find someone in the neighbourhood with a truck or utility trailer to haul it away for you.

Here, we're allowed two bags per week of yard waste, on top of regular household waste, though dear husband always trucks off any/all yard waste himself.
 
I think that many dumps don't take yard waste, I know that's the case here. However we have a city wide yard waste pick up service where they pick it up and turn it into mulch.

You can probably find a landscaper or a lawn/garden maintenance service that will pick up your yard waste. They have to get rid of the waste they create so adding yours might not be a big deal for them.
 
Ours takes everything but paint, paint you have to take in. Left over paint is sold to specific companies that mix the left over paint together, add coloring, and sell it.

I did just read on the trash truck that plastic bags are no longer going to be put in the blue recycle can, but should be put in the general black trash can. Have no ideal why.
 
debodun said:
Only for paper, metal and plastic.
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Oh that's a pity. Here in England most homes ( not sure about apartments) have 2 recycle bins as well as our general waste bin, one for cardboard/can's & plastic that can be recycled...the other for garden waste, such as mown grass cuttings, tree branches etc...

We also have a recycle box for magazines/brochures etc...

Generally most home have 3 staple bins similar to these, and one box for the newspapers & magazines



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The colours depend on the county , ours here are Blue, for recycling metal/plastics/cardboards etc.. Brown for garden waste... and Black for General waste

Anything that's too large to go into the bins have to be taken to the waste site by ourselves or our local council will collect it for a hefty price
 
We only have two - one for household waste and one for the recyclables I mentioned already. My regular household trash goes into one that looks like the one on the far right and the recyclable bin looks like the center one.

This is my pile, it would easily fit in the back of a pick-up.

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hollydolly said:
That's exactly the type of garden waste we'd put in our Brown bin.. I wonder why they don't allow you to have a bin for the garden waste
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It's probably a matter of money. It costs money to pick up yard waste and I'm willing to bet that the folks where Deb lives have elected representatives for their community who are not going to increase the cost of trash/garbage/waste pick up.
 
Here, trash is not a community service. Every homeowner has to hire their own garbage service, and believe me, there aren't that many around here. It's either Waste Connection (formerly County Waste), Twin Bridges or a guy that pulls a wagon behind his truck.
 
The last two times I called a local junk removal guy, he wouldn't help me. Told me to just put anything I have in with the regular household garbage. I guess he doesn't want any work, not even coming to give an estimate. Some things I have are just to large and heavy to put in my little trash bin.
 
In this area, most of the junk men aren't interested if they can't make a little money on both ends of the deal.

They get a fee from the homeowner for hauling and then make a little selling the scrap, used items, etc...

Try to make your junk sound more appealing! :)

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debodun said:
So it is mainly because thay can't sell yard waste as as scrap?
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That would be my guess or that they would have to charge more than the customer would be willing to pay them to haul it away pay dumping fees, etc...

Where I live the city comes by once a month and picks up yard waste, old furniture, etc...
 

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