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Old 05-31-2025, 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by jimmyinvillages View Post
In any normal city garbage seems to be picked up in a civilized manner. You put your trash in your bin during the week, you wheel it out on trash pickup day, and the truck picks it up.

It is very antiquated and unhygienic how we have it here in the Villages. Leaving trash on the ground gets a crazy amount of bugs/rodents, and makes a soupy mess when it rains. It's also terrible for the crew to have to handle leaky dirty cardboard and trash bags flying around in the rain overnight.

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I recommend people find their CDD reps here and email them a simple request to modernize the system as I have done as well.

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Older folks can’t handle 75lb bins rolling down the driveway when full. Plus renters would leave the bins out at the curb 24/7 when they leave. It would make curb appeal go down.

If it’s not broke don’t fix it. Right now I’m not limited to one or two trash bins. If I have a lot to get rid of it all goes to the curb and it’s all picked up. When you have bins they limited you to having everything in the bins and the lid most close. Most likely they would need new trucks to pickup the bins.