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Old 07-18-2018, 12:11 PM
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Today I had my biodegradable paper bag 1/3 full of the cuttings around those sprinkler donuts. The Waste Management employees opened the bag, dug around in it, spilling grass and dirt all over the driveway. He screamed that we are not supposed to have any sod/dirt in the bag. There is no way not to have a small amount of dirt attached to grass cuttings. The bag weighed 15 pounds. 10% dirt and 90% grass. Should be good for a natural LANDFILL. Now I have to sweep it back up. So we pay for this...…….
I took have experienced this with CH2MHill, who recently became "Jacobs". I've experienced incidents in which they've opened my lawn waste and regular trash bags to see the contents. I agree that it can be difficult to remove all of the soil from plants when disposing of them. It always amazes me how they have the time to do this while collecting hundreds of bags.