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I'm all for the city cutting costs, so who do I pay to replace this service? I could live with schlepping my recycling down to Kroger if they cancel curbside pick up but WTF am I supposed to do with my yard waste? I'm really opposed to just throwing in the dumpster (I live in a 300 gallon neighborhood) like so many of my neighbors do.
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Yard Waste Cancelled!!!
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joev
Merion Village
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I saw that - seems pretty short sighted. They recommend that you take your yard waste into special bins - which doesn't work out so well unless you have a pickup truck or don't mind having your trunk full of leaves.
All the more reason to start yard composting, I guess, but Christmas trees are going to be a really big problem come next December.
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chrisgillespie
Short North/Victorian Village
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I realize this may not work for everyone, but I actually don't put out yard waste anymore. I compost all my leaves (I have LOTS of trees), and I chip any limbs that fall or are pruned to use in the dog play area of the yard. I have an area at the back of the yard fenced off and covered in wood chips where the dogs can totally be dogs, and then the rest of the yard is flowers (the dogs wander around in the rest of the yard, but I try to keep them from playing rowdy in the flowers -- large dogs playing rowdy does a lot of damage). Plant trimmings all go into the compost -- which goes onto the flower beds every spring.
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lifeliberty
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my first thought is that the alley behind my house is going to fill up pretty quickly!
i don't have a problem with them cutting services, they have to. What I have a problem with is lack of enforcement for people not maintaining their properties and alleyways.
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Matthew
Hilltop
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Guys I have watched with my own eyes as the "yard waste" truck patrols the alleys picking up extra garbage over-flowing from dumpsters, mattresses, and other debris too.
The yard waste program was already non-existent. I wish I'd have video taped it now.
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lifeliberty
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that might have been bulk pick up. yard waste only picked up yard waste (leaves, clippings). basically your section of town had a day that they picked up, mine was Fridays. you put the stuff out on the curb in the morning or night before and then prayed it would be gone by the time you got home from work. Then when it was not picked up you'd have to look at it sitting in the front of your house for the next 2 weeks until by some miracle, one day you come home and it has disappeared.
Posted 3 years ago # -
Ndcent
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joev wrote >>
I just had an old dishwasher picked up today with bulk pickup. The online scheduling system was great, and they picked up on time. There's no reason I shouldn't be charged for that service, though.WTF is wrong with you? Do you know how many starving kids in Africa want that dishwasher?
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Matthew
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lifeliberty wrote >>
that might have been bulk pick up. yard waste only picked up yard waste (leaves, clippings). basically your section of town had a day that they picked up, mine was Fridays. you put the stuff out on the curb in the morning or night before and then prayed it would be gone by the time you got home from work. Then when it was not picked up you'd have to look at it sitting in the front of your house for the next 2 weeks until by some miracle, one day you come home and it has disappeared.No it was the leaf pickup crew. They would come on the scheduled yard waste day and grab tree branches, leaves in the paper recycle bags, couches, extra trash, etc. I stopped using the service after seeing it happen.
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lifeliberty
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I always thought it went to be processed as mulch and either sold or used for govt projects.
Matt, yeah, if I'd seen soemthing like that I'd a been "WTF?!" too
*sidenote about appliances, if you want to get rid of anything list it on craigslist for free, you'll get tons of calls, mostly from scrappers, but it will be gone in a day.
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groundrules
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BONFIRE!!!!!!
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lifeliberty
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Oh yeah you can. i remember every night after the windstorm, this one house right on Weber always had huge bonfire parties.
I know of at least 3 of my neighbors that do it almost nightly during the summer.
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