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Wow, I don't get it until 12/6.
I'll be interested to see how the neighbors react to this. As it is now, there is only one other red recycle tub on the curb within sight of mine.
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melikecheese
Merion Village
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I am really excited that I should get a bin in August! Also excited to see the pickers reaction and see if they clean them out in the middle of the night.
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groundrules
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melikecheese said:
I am really excited that I should get a bin in August! Also excited to see the pickers reaction and see if they clean them out in the middle of the night.I've never quite understood why the pickers go through the alley dumpsters looking for cans, but have never once hit the pre-sorted riches that are in my red tub out front.
I love the idea of curb-side recycling (which i now have). I love the idea of free curbside recycling (which I will soon have). What I don't like is the idea of having to store that big giant blue thing. There's literally no room for that thing the way our houses are configured. i don't know where it will go. I wish I could just keep using my red tub for free.
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Twixlen
The Weston District
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I love my huge blue bin. What I don't love is that I've had it for weeks and the sucker has been full for two weeks, and I still have 4 days to go. I wonder if they'll take bagged recycling that's along-side? Or flattened boxes? I'mma try it - nothing else is fitting in that can.
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groundrules
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Twixlen said:
I love my huge blue bin. What I don't love is that I've had it for weeks and the sucker has been full for two weeks, and I still have 4 days to go. I wonder if they'll take bagged recycling that's along-side? Or flattened boxes? I'mma try it - nothing else is fitting in that can.drink canned beer. crushes smaller. you ain't fancy ;)
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Twixlen
The Weston District
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groundrules said:
drink canned beer. crushes smaller. you ain't fancy ;)HA!! This is extra funny, because I was thinking of all the cans of cat & dog food, cans of beer & hard cider, etc that are in the bin that I didn't crush & how I was going to have to go back to stompin' cans. Really, I'mma hafta start stompin' everything.
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alexs
Limestone bluffs of the Scioto
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I crush aluminum but I take that to CycleMet for a few bucks.
I've left big flattened cardboard under the tub, and they've taken it. (It was a lesson to work as a janitor in a store, and see the value of folding boxes down when it comes to saving space.)
I went by the bins at the Sawmill Meijer, it looked like they had a bunch of trash in them.
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mrpoppinzs
Arena District
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Will they eventually offer free recycling pickup to complexes?
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6a
Westgate
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alexs said:
Wow, I don't get it until 12/6.I'll be interested to see how the neighbors react to this. As it is now, there is only one other red recycle tub on the curb within sight of mine.
I can tell you I never bothered to recycle anything before and I have an overstuffed blue bin waiting patiently for Monday's pickup. It actually shocked me, seeing how much I was needlessly adding to the landfill.
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Walker
The KLD / Downtown / Gay Street
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TaraK
shoe-mocker
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The website says that ours should be dropped off anytime in the next few weeks (we're in Schumacher). I'll be interested to see how others use this. I hadn't heard much about it in my circle, and, if not for this CU thread, I would probably have ignored them when they turned up.
Do they leave them at the curb, or put them at doors?
Nonetheless, super exciting stuff. I look forward to giving up the hauling of our pile-bin to Kroger.
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Columbus Makes History With 1st Recycling Day
Published: June 04, 2012It was a historical day for Columbus -- it was the city's first recycling pick-up day. Northwest Side neighbors rolled out their blue recycling bins, and Rumpke workers emptied them.
READ MORE: http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2012/jun/04/6/columbus-makes-history-first-recycling-day-ar-1059551/Posted 11 months ago # -
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Curbing mistakes in recycling
By Joe Blundo
Dispatch Saturday June 9, 2012 5:22 AM
Debbie Holycross doesn’t have time to reject every non-recyclable she finds in a curbside recycling bin. But she’s unforgiving with wire coat hangers, which are prone to becoming tangled in trash compactors and sorting equipment.
READ MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2012/06/09/curbing-mistakes-in-recycling.htmlPosted 11 months ago # -
Jcputerbaugh
Clintonville
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FireEngine
Blacklick or Driving Park
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Thump...thump...thump
Had bins dropped off in my neighborhood here in the eastside pseudoburbs.
Went through my trash and pulled all the recyclables even though it's six weeks before pick up day.
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