05-13-2008, 02:56 PM
this year we went to paying for each bag of non-recyclable trash.
$1.00 for each 10 gallon bag, $2.00 for each 30 gallon bag.
paper and cardboard in one blue box seperated from the glass, plastic, al and tin in another blue box.
Also a once a year fee of $95.00 for recycling.
(opting out of the program requires proof that you are paying a private hauler)
Before the pay to toss program, as driving down the street on trash day, about one in five houses put out one blue box of recyclables and three or four bags of trash.
Post pay to toss: Every house has two (or more) boxes of recyclables and rarely more than one bag of trash.
Amazing difference.
It now often takes me three weeks to fill a small kitchen garbage basket with little more than wrappers. A roll of 100 trash bags may last me 5 years. :-)
$1.00 for each 10 gallon bag, $2.00 for each 30 gallon bag.
paper and cardboard in one blue box seperated from the glass, plastic, al and tin in another blue box.
Also a once a year fee of $95.00 for recycling.
(opting out of the program requires proof that you are paying a private hauler)
Before the pay to toss program, as driving down the street on trash day, about one in five houses put out one blue box of recyclables and three or four bags of trash.
Post pay to toss: Every house has two (or more) boxes of recyclables and rarely more than one bag of trash.
Amazing difference.
It now often takes me three weeks to fill a small kitchen garbage basket with little more than wrappers. A roll of 100 trash bags may last me 5 years. :-)