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Old 06-01-2025, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by USOTR View Post
We would have those who would say "I'm disabled and special", and like a friend of mine leaves his trash cans on the street.. Stating I can not drag those big cans back to the house, so he leaves them on the street.

I keep a 32 gallon can in the garage, with black bag in it, and deposit my kitchen bags into the black bag. Then take the black bag to the street on pickup days. Simple, efficient, and no trash cans on the street.
That is exactly what we do. Seems to work just fine. Never had a bag "pecked open by birds" nor had "paper strewn down the street".

They don't "stink" in our garage, so I fail to see how they would stink when put out at the end of the driveway...
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