Trash Talk
 

Our move to the Villages is imminent. I already know we are bringing too much with us. Is there a Good Will Drop off location in The Villages ?
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How much is allowed to place curbside for trash pick up? Bags/ Full boxes ?

Thanks for your time. Will

Where are you?

We brought way to much and would have boxes full of stuff on the driveway. If it wasn't picked up by people that look for things, the sanitation engineers hauled it away...

Why pay to move things? Get rid of it now. Thrift stores all want donations, and provide a tax write off too.
If you do move things here, there are many thrift stores that would love your clean, unripped, working stuff.

There is a Goodwill dropoff on 441 near Total Wine and Mission BBQ

Put it out the day before trash pick-up. The dumpster divers will snap it up. Every time we put something out we can’t believe how quickly it disappears.

This is from: Sanitation Information


Bulk Item Information

Items such as office/desk or kitchen chairs, small lamps (bulbs removed) and ceiling fans (blades removed) can be placed with your household waste for disposal. Large items such as appliances, couches, flat-screen TVs, microwaves and grills must be scheduled for pickup by calling Sumter Sanitation at 352-748-0109. A charge of $10.00 will be added to your monthly utility bill for this service in the NSCUDD service area. Bulk pickups must be canceled at least 24 hours in advance of the scheduled collection date or the charge will apply.

As Tal implied when asking for your Village, it may depend on where you are. this is for the NSCUDD service area in Sumter County.

Goodwill drop offs
 

We have used 4:

There is one just off 301 2 blocks from Bargains and Treasures near corner of 466

There is one in the ALDIs/Harbor Freight parking lot across from the Walmart on Martin Luther in Leesburg

There is one behind ACE hardware cater-corner from where they sell propane

There is one in the church parking lot at 470 and 33 just outside the back gate of the Villages in Dabney.

:welcome:

Thanks for the info. Which Ace hardware? The one in Southern Trace?

I would use any of the charity thrift stores before padding Goodwill executive salaries.

Wildwood
 

The one in Wildwood.

Habitat for Humanity, I think most donations are used locally (?)

They pickup

Habitat for Humanity Lake-Sumter |


Google Maps

Thank you

Bargains and Blessings in Wildwood is a locally-run thrift store that sells a huge variety of secondhand stuff at good prices...not like the Goodwill by Wal-Mart on 466 which seems intent on milking every possible dime out of what they sell. I'd certainly consider them when donating. Also as Post #6 indicated, putting stuff out curbside on the day before your trash is picked up pretty much guarantees that it will be gone in a matter of hours. There seems to be a cottage industry (maybe more than one) among the locals who apparently know the pickup days for each village. I've seen the same pickup truck and trailer cruising our Village on Mondays and Thursdays, and have seen stuff as large as full-size sofas being carted off by them. I've given away everything from extra wine glasses to a glass-topped Lanai table to various electronics including a printer and a monitor that I replaced with something larger.

I don't mind helping the locals.

Our Mother's Attic and Bargains and Blessings are thrift shops in Wildwood that are run by local churches. Revenues support the community. Food Pantry, etc.