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Old 09-03-2022, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill14564 View Post
Garbage is not meant to be put out before 5PM of the evening before it is picked up. For me, this means leaving out overnight. As others have posted, not many are likely to get up before 6:30AM to beat the truck.
True. I usually put ours out by about 9:00 PM or so the night before.

We freeze waste items that could cause problems if the scent gets out (meat and fat scraps, bones, cantaloupe rinds, banana peels, etc.), and double-bag the lot just before I put out the garbage. It stays frozen at least to the point where it doesn't begin to smell by morning. We've only had a couple of issues (crows) and that was some time back.