Trash Option
 

Most people get their mail everyday. Many by golf cart. Why not put dumpsters at the postal stations? Empty these dumpsters daily. This would reduce labor, fuel, and manpower.
I’m sure this would reduce our trash bill.
What say you?

There are trash receptacles at our mail station to deposit junk mail and such and regularly emptied. We also have numerous barrels for can recycling. I would think all the mail stations would have these.

Oh, I’m not talking trash receptacles. I’m talking dumpsters. No more curbside pick-up. Take your trash to the postal station when you get your mail. Dumpsters will be emptied daily. One employee, one truck. I think it would be a huge cost savings for the trash company.

I don't know that collection is the major cost of dealing with trash - maybe.

But, I am well aware of dumpsters. Where we live currently we drive to a "collection site" with dumpsters and I can see no way that site can be anything other than an eye sore. Second, people are in general slobs. There are always piles of garbage that "miss" the dumpsters. Even with a full time employee policing the site it is still a mess. It is such a problem they recently had to put up a security fence to close it off after hours and put up large signs indicating dumping on the ground would be prosecuted.

A good idea, but people are slobs and in practice it would be hard to make it blend in with the esthetics of TV.

I don't know what most people do, but I sure don't travel to the postal station every day to pick up junk mail.

I'm with you!

What about all the monthly renters who don't ever go to the postal station?

Yes, I suspect that it is the processing that racks up the cost.

The best way to reduce that is to reduce the amount of trash we produce. Everything seems to be wrapped, double-wrapped then triple-wrapped "for our convenience" but it's all adding to your monthly trash bill (not to mention adding to the initial cost of the item being purchased).

Most people won't want to be bothered with changing their habits but, with very little effort, you can find ways to reduce packaging and other trash.

I agree even small changes in habits can add up to big savings on trash.

If this happens I won't know what to do with myself at 5 in the morning on Mondays and Thursdays. I'm certainly not going for a golf cart ride then.

NO!!!!!

Dumpsters would really be gross. Always smell, especially in warm weather. Flies, rats, stray animals, etc. They are just gross!

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If every resident brought their trash to the Postal Station everyday do you realize what size dumpster you would need? Besides that the mess,smell, rodents etc. you would have. And then there's the weekend trash.

Good reminder, easy enough to do.

Did you ever notice that where you see dumpsters for trash (Garbage), you also notice odors and see the little gray rodent traps? Would make your trip to the mail center, pool and shuffleboard courts a new experience. Not to mention the joy from adjacent home owners.

I use E-billing for everything. But, I find it strange that, even after I pay my E-bill to the Leesburg Electric Co, they still send me a paper bill every month.

No Way! I do not want a dumpster at the mail stations. This will also lead to outsiders hauling their trash and dumping it.

I have a shredder and anything that fits in it is shredded. Can usually go 2 weeks before the reash bag is full then it goes out.

I would like to have a "pay for the trash you generate" option rather than a fixed monthly cost. It's not really fair to part time residents to pay for trash removal for long periods of time when you are not there!

Exactly

Nope!

If you enjoy living in a trashy environment I guess you would like that right.....what say you?

and SECO, bank statements, cable


Is it possible to request that advertising mail is not put in your mailbox, or does USPS have to "deliver" it as it has been paid for?

Overwhelmingly no
 

OP, it appears that your answer is overwhelmingly no on a dumpster for trash at the mail boxes or any other place in The Villages. In a small condo community that could work but that does not describe The Villages.

I guess you can request anythIng you want, but they will not stop putting junk mail in your mailbox. Actually, the mailbox doesn't belong to you. It is the property of the U.S. Government.

and, like the advertising in newspapers, junk mail subsidizes the cost of regular mail, so I guess I shouldn't complain about it

When a customer of any company agrees to go on E-billing, the company should be giving their customers a credit of some sort because they are saving the company some money in terms of paper, postage, manpower and a few other related things.

Yes, USPS MUST deliver any and all mail when a sender has paid for delivery.

One thing that would definitely cut the cost of our trash bill would be to have once a week pickup.

Homeowners would probably save about 1/3 of the current cost if that was instituted.

Could you imagine a 95 degree day sitting by the pool with a dumpster sitting 50 feet on the other side of the fence?

Been working fine for years.

Seems to have been, there is this saying about "if it isn't broken, don't fix it".

[QUOTE=tophcfa;1675682]I would like to have a "pay for the trash you generate" option rather than a fixed monthly cost. It's not really fair to part time residents to pay for trash removal for long periods of time when you are not there![/QUO

Another layer of admin costs and software and probably hardware will be added. Part of the deal when part timers decided to own here....if it doesn't meet needs, why do they buy?

You are talking about old people hoisting bags of trash up into a dumpster, correct? Riiiiiiiight.....

What you callin old kimosabe?
(Sorry could not pass it up.:))

Only 66 years young here..... Lots of older farts out there.

😎:1rotfl:

And they will kick your fanny for pointing it out! lol

[QUOTE=JoMar;1675767]It's only not fair if you didn't know before you purchased. If you didn't pay while not here the rates would go up to the point that you would be paying at least the same annual cost.

I was well aware of the trash policy when we bought, and gladly bought anyways. I was not aware that I was not supposed to voice my opinion about it on a thread titled "Trash Option" which was discussing other possible ways to deal with trash removal options??? If I can't do that without getting criticism, then why bother to post on TOV???

And as an added benefit to my proposal of paying for the trash that a household generates, rather than a fixed monthly cost, is that it could yield positive environmental benefits. Think about it, what financial incentive does one have to minimize the trash they generate when they pay a fixed rate regardless of how much trash they put out twice a week. If people had to pay by the bag of trash they generate, they would have a real financial incentive to minimize the trash they produce.