Taking our our trash

W. eWatson · 2014-11-20T05:00:31+00:00

This may be a stretch. We have two trash containers that must be put out on our street each Thursday. They have two wheels. One is for recyclables, and the other for waste materials. Until recently, I could use an old 1997 Plymouth van to put them into the back of the fan, and drive them about 750' out to the street for a pickup, along with 7 other neighbors. Unfortunately, the van died. Now I have to roll the containers the 750' down our driveway and to the collection site where the pickup--paved all the way. I really don't like rolling to the pickup site. I've contemplated buying an used pickup truck, but I really have much for a pickup truck. I've thought of maybe using something like a golf cart, but it would require some work to put a fixture on it that would hold the containers. Aside from that, I'm out of space in my garage to put a golf cart in it. Maybe a motorized wagon might work. Parachutes, zip lines, ... ? :-) Comments?

Nov 20, 2014 62 Replies

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Don Wiss 11 years ago

When I was in Ireland I came across a collection point. There were different containers for different colored glass.

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Don Wiss 11 years ago

Here in brownstone Brooklyn everybody displays their trash containers in their areaway. We have four: garbage, paper, glass/plastic/metal, and kitchen/yard waste.

I keep mine hidden under the stoop. Others could also, but they don't.

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J Burns 11 years ago

Back when you could buy beverages in glass, they used to do that in my town, population 600. White, green, amber, IIRC.

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