How long b4 critters find our tasty treats on garbage day?

[jebartle]

We leave tasty treats at end of driveway. Racoon loved our garbage until we changed to garbage cans. Have you had critters visiting you?

[vintageogauge]

We put our trash out early in the morning rather than leave it out all night, no critter problems.

[rjn5656]

Haven't had any critter problems in the 8 years we have lived in the villages. And we put our trash out at night. Bonita.

[Bay Kid]

Crows enjoy inspecting all the trash on my street.

[skip0358]

Also the night before in Bonita nol critters. However we have had people drive by and check out the items left at the curb which is fine by me!

[birdiebill]

We have lived here three years and have not had anything tear our trash bag in the last two years. Our trash does not have much "garbage" because we eat most everything we cook. If we have any food products, especially meat or fish papers or trimmings from meat, in the trash bag, we spray the inside with Lysol. We put ours out the night before.

[Madelaine Amee]

We put our trash out early in the morning rather than leave it out all night, no critter problems.

We are early morning pick up trash people, no problems.

[villagetinker]

We have a cat, and I make sure that used litter goes in any trash bag that has old meat bones or equal "treats", so far this has kept animals away from the trash.

[NotGolfer]

Been here almost 10 yrs without any issues. We've put garbage out (mostly) late at night because even early, sometimes the truck beats us. Would rather chance the critter thing then have stinky garbage in the garage (even if put in a covered garbage container it could stink).

[vintageogauge]

If you ever miss the truck just drive around and find them, stop a few houses in front of the truck and take it out of your trunk, they'll take it.

[jebartle]

Really,??? No one had had a critter dig in those plastic or paper garbage bags, really??? In Orlando reports are different, maybe they have tastier garbage and theirs are in garbage cans that bears have found.

[Midnight Cowgirl]

I will never understand why residents don't use their garbage disposal for "garbage" instead of throwing it in the trash.
I'm not speaking about things like corn cobs or steak bones -- only food items that can be ground up.

[Rango]

Never had any problems for 5 years, until our neighbor installed a bird feeder.

[CWGUY]

How long b4 critters find our tasty treats on garbage day?


We leave tasty treats at end of driveway. Racoon loved our garbage until we changed to garbage cans. Have you had critters visiting you?

:icon_wink:I'm guessing more then 15 years going on my experience here.

[CFrance]

Haven't had any critter problems in the 8 years we have lived in the villages. And we put our trash out at night. Bonita.
Neither have we, and we put it out at night as well. Also, when we had our welcome meeting, we were told if we put out a garbage can, the haulers would take the can along with the garbage. It seems TV is very serious about not having garbage cans.

[Velvet]

This year the most beautiful beach in the US is voted as Kailua Beach in Hawaii. In the Spring last year there were huge “icebergs” of trash, mostly plastics that washed ashore making the lovely Kailua beach look like a garbage dump. Killing the Honu sea turtles, the endangered Nene ducks that thought the plastic was food. Some of the debris was from the tsunami that effected Japan a while back. Many volunteers worked on the beach. Even children could be seen digging for cigarette butts, collecting them by the bagful, to clean the beach.

A little bit of forward thinking can make such an impact when we do it collectively.

[queasy27]

I had crows poke holes in a bag a couple of times in nine years.

I put organic waste that can't go in the disposer (like those absorbent pads in packaged meat) in a bag in the freezer until trash day. I only need to take out the trash every other week, though, which is too long for organic materials to marinate in the kitchen garbage can.

[CFrance]

I fear what will happen is that TV will stop picking up the recycling and instead tell us to take it to our designated recycling center. That means the back of one of our cars will be bursting at the seams with recyclables until "someone" takes it to the center.:ohdear:

[Chi-Town]

Was told up north that the black bags are less attractive to crows than white ones. Seemed to work there and here too. BTW, crows remember easy pickings and will develop a route over time.

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[JoMar]

5 years and no critter issues here. We put it out the night before.

[justjim]

Thirteen years TV in four different Villages and never had a critter get into my garbage. I don’t expect any problems.

[Xcuse]

5 1/2 years in Village of Largo and we put trash out the night before pickup, some of our neighbors who are going away put their trash out the day before with Zero problems.

[Shimpy]

Haven't had any critter problems in the 8 years we have lived in the villages. And we put our trash out at night. Bonita.
Likewise

[EdFNJ]

We leave tasty treats at end of driveway. Racoon loved our garbage until we changed to garbage cans. Have you had critters visiting you? Here in The Villages? I THOUGHT garbage cans were not permitted.

[CFrance]

Here in The Villages? I THOUGHT garbage cans were not permitted.
Me too. Must be talking somewhere else?


Up in Michigan, we once pulled a Siamese cat out of our garbage can. Musta been salmon night.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

In some areas they are permitted. But neighbors warned me that the reason no one actually uses them at the curbside is because the trash people sometimes will take the whole thing and toss it in the truck, rather than empty it out and put it back on the curb.

I don't know if there's truth to that or not, but it's what I was told. I think all those bags are unsightly. A single trash barrel and bucket for recyclables is less unattractive than a bunch of bags, especially if some folks use clear ones that expose every used, dirty whatever they've tossed in the trash. I imagine going for a morning walk has to be a nightmare on trash day.

[jebartle]

Unlike many Villages, we are surrounded by undeveloped areas, which have ample critters. We have passed garbage bags that have been opened by various animals. Regarding garbage cans, that is our safeguard for such an outcome. Legal or not legal, may be living in Lady Lake, I'm not sure but, thankful I don't have to spend the morning cleaning up.

[coffeebean]

We put out the trash the night before and have never had a critter break open the bag. We have been doing this for over 10 years in The Villages.

[CWGUY]

In some areas they are permitted. But neighbors warned me that the reason no one actually uses them at the curbside is because the trash people sometimes will take the whole thing and toss it in the truck, rather than empty it out and put it back on the curb.

I don't know if there's truth to that or not, but it's what I was told. I think all those bags are unsightly. A single trash barrel and bucket for recyclables is less unattractive than a bunch of bags, especially if some folks use clear ones that expose every used, dirty whatever they've tossed in the trash. I imagine going for a morning walk has to be a nightmare on trash day.

Could you please tell us where? :popcorn:

[champion6]

In some areas they are permitted. But neighbors warned me that the reason no one actually uses them at the curbside is because the trash people sometimes will take the whole thing and toss it in the truck, rather than empty it out and put it back on the curb.

I don't know if there's truth to that or not, but it's what I was told. I think all those bags are unsightly. A single trash barrel and bucket for recyclables is less unattractive than a bunch of bags, especially if some folks use clear ones that expose every used, dirty whatever they've tossed in the trash. I imagine going for a morning walk has to be a nightmare on trash day.There is no truth to that. You were told wrong.

Let's try something different! Let's look at the facts!

Attached are the guidelines for trash and recycle in TV.

[Bavarian]

Garbage does not belong in trash bags. It goes down the garbage disposer.

[Midnight Cowgirl]

In some areas they are permitted. But neighbors warned me that the reason no one actually uses them at the curbside is because the trash people sometimes will take the whole thing and toss it in the truck, rather than empty it out and put it back on the curb.

I don't know if there's truth to that or not, but it's what I was told. I think all those bags are unsightly. A single trash barrel and bucket for recyclables is less unattractive than a bunch of bags, especially if some folks use clear ones that expose every used, dirty whatever they've tossed in the trash. I imagine going for a morning walk has to be a nightmare on trash day.


Years ago when I was a newbie in TV, I was told that clear bags were for trash and white bags were for recycle (or something like that) and trash went on one side of your driveway and recycle went on the other side? I may have that backward but you get my drift.

Well, I refuse to buy trash bags! Yes -- refuse.
I use WalMart bags or whatever I happen to have and somehow, my trash still gets picked up, regardless of which side of the driveway the bags are on.
The color of the bags doesn't seem to matter either.

I agree the bags are unsightly.
Seeing them in front of just about every house reminds me of what some inner-city neighborhoods look like.
In addition, we really don't need trash pickup twice a week.
It would be much less expensive and make more sense to only have pickup once a week.

[Midnight Cowgirl]

Garbage does not belong in trash bags. It goes down the garbage disposer.



Bingo!
I've been saying the same thing for years.
I wish everyone would do that.

[Fredster]

Over five years and no problem with critters
getting into garbage!
Personally I really like the TV trash pickup system it makes it easy to recycle,
and the pickups are made so early, bags are gone really fast!

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Garbage does not belong in trash bags. It goes down the garbage disposer.

Except lettuce leaves, onion skin, various cruciferous and fibrous vegetable peelings, meat bones, fish heads, shellfish shells, and coffee grounds.

Those get put in the trash.

[pacjag]

And once the bags are gone, there is nothing left behind. You don’t have the big trash cans left on the street, sometimes all day

[Velvet]

A personal experience: We have garbage cans, food cans and recycling cans for each house here. The garbage gets collected once in 14 days. You need an extra fridge to store your garbage. And we have raccoon infestation, 14 raccoons last night in my small backyard. And unprecedented rat infestation this year. There are skunks also and I am located in the middle of a large city in a very residential “gentrified” area.

[Marathon Man]

Years ago when I was a newbie in TV, I was told that clear bags were for trash and white bags were for recycle (or something like that) and trash went on one side of your driveway and recycle went on the other side? I may have that backward but you get my drift.

Well, I refuse to buy trash bags! Yes -- refuse.
I use WalMart bags or whatever I happen to have and somehow, my trash still gets picked up, regardless of which side of the driveway the bags are on.
The color of the bags doesn't seem to matter either.

I agree the bags are unsightly.
Seeing them in front of just about every house reminds me of what some inner-city neighborhoods look like.
In addition, we really don't need trash pickup twice a week.
It would be much less expensive and make more sense to only have pickup once a week.

Ya think maybe because the things that you kinda sorta remember being told were wrong?

[Topspinmo]

Years ago when I was a newbie in TV, I was told that clear bags were for trash and white bags were for recycle (or something like that) and trash went on one side of your driveway and recycle went on the other side? I may have that backward but you get my drift.

Well, I refuse to buy trash bags! Yes -- refuse.
I use WalMart bags or whatever I happen to have and somehow, my trash still gets picked up, regardless of which side of the driveway the bags are on.
The color of the bags doesn't seem to matter either.

I agree the bags are unsightly.
Seeing them in front of just about every house reminds me of what some inner-city neighborhoods look like.
In addition, we really don't need trash pickup twice a week.
It would be much less expensive and make more sense to only have pickup once a week.


Some think garbage cans are unsightly and where would they be stored? Let’s face it lots of people are just lazy no matter what system it looks unsightly. I walk early morning and I see holes in bags all the time from critters with wings, tails, and house pets (cats) let out to roam. Some people don’t see the a problem cause the trash is long gone before the get up.

[Midnight Cowgirl]

Ya think maybe because the things that you kinda sorta remember being told were wrong?


Yessiree!

Me thinks yer rite!

[jimmemac]

I live in the Labelle area and one better not put chicken bones out in the trash overnite or else the coyotes will rip open the bags to get to them.

[BoatRatKat]

If we put out any trash the night before it is guaranteed to be torn open and scattered all over. It's happened to everyone on our street and we all just get up early on trash days and put it out.

[Bogie Shooter]

If we put out any trash the night before it is guaranteed to be torn open and scattered all over. It's happened to everyone on our street and we all just get up early on trash days and put it out.

What street?

[coffeebean]

If we put out any trash the night before it is guaranteed to be torn open and scattered all over. It's happened to everyone on our street and we all just get up early on trash days and put it out.

Are there areas more prone to wild life that roam the streets at night? We don't have that problem at all on our street. Most everyone puts out their trash the night before with no problems.

[coffeebean]

Here in The Villages? I THOUGHT garbage cans were not permitted.
That is what we were informed when we purchased our first home 10 years ago. Has it changed?

[coffeebean]

Except lettuce leaves, onion skin, various cruciferous and fibrous vegetable peelings, meat bones, fish heads, shellfish shells, and coffee grounds.

Those get put in the trash.

I had a bad experience with a garbage disposal years ago......on Thanksgiving Day. My single sink got blocked up while I was preparing Thanksgiving Dinner. I have never used a garbage disposal since then. Nope....won't do it......can't make me use it. Never.

[coffeebean]

A personal experience: We have garbage cans, food cans and recycling cans for each house here. The garbage gets collected once in 14 days. You need an extra fridge to store your garbage. And we have raccoon infestation, 14 raccoons last night in my small backyard. And unprecedented rat infestation this year. There are skunks also and I am located in the middle of a large city in a very residential “gentrified” area.

Huh??? You lost me.

[Velvet]

In the city of several million up north we have garbage picked up once in 14 days. We have no garburators because the old sewer system of the city can’t handle it. I have to store food garbage etc in a second fridge as there is not enough room for it in our main fridge. The city picks up recycling separately. There is a blue bin for recycling. The garbage is picked up in a black bin. The food is picked up in a green bin. It is picked up so rarely that people put their garbage out in the bins during the week and the animals, raccoons and rats are over running the neighborhoods. I have a garden that is 20 feet by 50 feet in the back and last night there were 14 raccoons eating grubs or something at night. (Our property taxes are 3 times what they are in TV and it drives me nuts how poor the service is.) We have some people who think that if you pick up garbage less often, there will be less garbage put out. If you have more garbage than what the bin can hold after 2 weeks, you need to use bags and then you are charged for each bag. This means there is quite a bit of dumping, putting garbage into neighbor’s etc.
My city considers itself very forwards environmentally....

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

:ohdear: I just thought you might want to tell us what area you "were told" they were allowed in. Guess not! :ohdear:

Bless your heart :ho:

I wasn't told. I was told exactly what I posted. That "some areas" allowed it. Was that unclear?

[big guy]

If I put our garbage out the night before, I pour ammonia over everything in the bag before I tie it up. I also put our cat's litter in the garbage. As for trash cans, I always assumed that we don't use them because there would be a percentage rolling around on the street before it was taken in. People would put out trash cans early and take them in late. Then there would be the inevitable people who would decide that there wasn't enough room in their garage for garbage cans. I don't want to look at the neighbor's garbage cans, especially after the critters got into them and there would be trash all over.

[New Englander]

I had a bad experience with a garbage disposal years ago......on Thanksgiving Day. My single sink got blocked up while I was preparing Thanksgiving Dinner. I have never used a garbage disposal since then. Nope....won't do it......can't make me use it. Never.

I feel the same way :mornincoffee:

[Velvet]

You must have lousy garbage disposals if you don’t want to use them. Reminds me of my first sewing machine it was a Singer and the needle always broke. Every time I had something to sew I’d think happily of the machine but it constantly let me down when I tried to use it. Having something that doesn’t work properly is worse than not having it at all. A good powerful garburator used correctly makes tidying up so much easier and cleaner.
When I bought my house in TV there were only 2 things that needed fixing before closing and one of them was the garbage disposal.

[skyking]

In some areas they are permitted. But neighbors warned me that the reason no one actually uses them at the curbside is because the trash people sometimes will take the whole thing and toss it in the truck, rather than empty it out and put it back on the curb.

I don't know if there's truth to that or not, but it's what I was told. I think all those bags are unsightly. A single trash barrel and bucket for recyclables is less unattractive than a bunch of bags, especially if some folks use clear ones that expose every used, dirty whatever they've tossed in the trash. I imagine going for a morning walk has to be a nightmare on trash day.

If trash cans were permitted there would be empty cans out all day long. Both the trash and recycling are typically picked up in my neighborhood before everyone is up.

[mulligan]

It must be so painful to walk down the street and see.......wait for it.........a trash bag !!! OMG

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

If trash cans were permitted there would be empty cans out all day long. Both the trash and recycling are typically picked up in my neighborhood before everyone is up.

So they could make a rule (they're really good at that, don't you think?).

IF you are home and bring your empty barrel back into the garage within 2 hours of the actual trash pickup, THEN you may put your barrel out that morning or the night before.

IF you need to leave the house, and the trash hasn't come yet, you MUST take the bags out of the barrel, put them on the curb, and return the barrel back into the garage.

I know - sometimes logic is hard.

[Inexes@aol.com]

Except lettuce leaves, onion skin, various cruciferous and fibrous vegetable peelings, meat bones, fish heads, shellfish shells, and coffee grounds.

Those get put in the trash.

I do not understand your exceptions to items going into the disposal. We throw everything in except pork chop or steak bones. Never had a problem. Husband always replaces original with a commercial grade disposal and it works miraculously....

[Bavarian]

I had a bad experience with a garbage disposal years ago......on Thanksgiving Day. My single sink got blocked up while I was preparing Thanksgiving Dinner. I have never used a garbage disposal since then. Nope....won't do it......can't make me use it. Never.

Did you follow manuacturer's directions? Do not fill up disposer before turning on water and having it run down disposer before turning on electricity to disposer, and then feed garbage down a bit at a time. Also coffee filter bags do not not go down the disposer. If you want, empty them into disposer. Now that we have sewer, we use garbage disposer more.
Don't want to have to go back to ugly cans. If Bear proof cans start being necessary, put a big one down by the postal stations and have people put their wast bags in it.

[CFrance]

I do not understand your exceptions to items going into the disposal. We throw everything in except pork chop or steak bones. Never had a problem. Husband always replaces original with a commercial grade disposal and it works miraculously....
Maybe the reason you don't understand her exceptions is because you use a commercial grade disposal. For the rest of us peons with a home unit, her instructions are correct.

[Inexes@aol.com]

Maybe the reason you don't understand her exceptions is because you use a commercial grade disposal. For the rest of us peons with a home unit, her instructions are correct.

We had no problem with the residential grade either, just decided when it needed to be replaced, to replace it with a little more HP for efficiency. Has nothing to do with "peons", just his choice. And, hoping not to jinx myself, we do everything except banana peels, heavy bones, celery and the hearts of any veges. No problem. And I might add.... for 17 years with the same unit and no plumbing problems.....

[CFrance]

We had no problem with the residential grade either, just decided when it needed to be replaced, to replace it with a little more HP for efficiency. Has nothing to do with "peons", just his choice. And, hoping not to jinx myself, we do everything except banana peels, heavy bones, celery and the hearts of any veges. No problem. And I might add.... for 17 years with the same unit and no plumbing problems.....
I learned the hard way with a few "peon" disposals. One backed up over potato skins. One backed up over shrimp shells. One backed up over celery. Not necessarily in that order.

I asked our plumber in TV about switching to a higher horsepower disposal after the shrimp shells, and he looked at me like I was nuts and said This is the best you'll get. I don't use that plumber anymore.

No bones, no skins, no shells--you're going to have stuff that must go into a garbage bag.

I'm saying you can't do it all with a disposal. Unfortunately, you will need a trash bag.

[Shimpy]

I had a bad experience with a garbage disposal years ago......on Thanksgiving Day. My single sink got blocked up while I was preparing Thanksgiving Dinner. I have never used a garbage disposal since then. Nope....won't do it......can't make me use it. Never.

A master plumber friend of mine told me the best thing you can do for your garbage disposal was to not use it.

[Lbmb24101]

Except lettuce leaves, onion skin, various cruciferous and fibrous vegetable peelings, meat bones, fish heads, shellfish shells, and coffee grounds.

Those get put in the trash.

And celery!

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

And celery!

agreed, but that would fall under the "fibrous vegetable" category :)

[Marathon Man]

So they could make a rule (they're really good at that, don't you think?).

IF you are home and bring your empty barrel back into the garage within 2 hours of the actual trash pickup, THEN you may put your barrel out that morning or the night before.

IF you need to leave the house, and the trash hasn't come yet, you MUST take the bags out of the barrel, put them on the curb, and return the barrel back into the garage.

I know - sometimes logic is hard.

That would never work. Yes, I applied logic. A rule that tells you to do something, and then change what you did to something else the next morning - nope.