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Originally Posted by jimmyinvillages
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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We never had an issue with the garbage until raccoons discovered that the garbage is a very cheap grocery store, and now, often, they will tear into it and make a mess on the street that has to be cleaned up. Some neighbors resorted to garbage cans with a sign indicating the issue, and the garbage people have accommodated them and emptied them. Double bagging seems to help sometimes, the only thing that does seem to help is not getting Sam's Chicken > They love it and can smell it double bagged. Eating out at restaurants also helps, but it is a more expensive solution. Some neighbors have resorted to not putting out the garbage until very early in the morning, but I prefer the restaurant solution.