Why don't we have garbage bins in the Villages?
 

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.

Thank you

I haven't had a plastic garbage bag leak yet in the seven years I've been putting trash out. There may have been three nights when I kept cardboard or paper lawn bags in the garage out of concern over rain. The current process seems to work very well.

The biggest problem with cans is bringing them back in. By 6:45 when the trash truck leaves my neighborhood there is nothing left along the street. That wouldn't be the case if we used cans, there would be cans and lids at the end of driveways or blowing down the road all day. Much, much better the way it is now.

If it isn't broke, don't fix it. Garages are small enough, we don't need those big ass cans taking up room. And you know the HOA Karens will pitch a fit seeing cans left out.

Waste of time to even consider……..

The crows won't pick the bags open if you wait til it's dark the night before, to put the bags out for the next morning's pickup. They usually do the scavenger thing in the early afternoon.

If you tie the bags tightly enough, the other critters in the area won't bother them either.

We have a trash can with wheels that we use to "store" our trash in. And then we wheel it to the curb, pull the bag out of the can, set it down on the curb, and wheel the empty can back under the carport up against the laundry shed, where it's completely out of sight to any neighbors passing by. That way we don't have to keep the smelly chicken or fish carcasses in the house for a few nights waiting for trash day if that's what we've cooked that week. The pizza box gets folded up and put in that can too, so it doesn't take up most of the room in our kitchen trash container.

Our trash guys will empty the can for us if we leave it out at the curb, but that's only because we don't abuse their generosity. They're not supposed to do that. They have warned others in the area that it wasn't allowed. I think we leave it out maybe once every few months, when we have a lot of grass clippings and yardwork waste that's too heavy for us to lift on our own.

We always use a can liner, so maybe they don't mind since they don't have to pick up the whole can, they just have to yank the filled liner out of it and swing it into the back of their truck.

Everything here is well thought out. It's about clean streets that don't look like abandoned towns. In our previous state- Massachusetts- everyone had large plastic, lidded trash cans. Not everyone brought them back from the curb in a timely manner- Surprise! And not eveyone stored them out of sight. Drive down any street the day after trash day and you'll find the cans still on the curbs tipped over, in the street, or blown down the road. One of the benefits of living here is it's clean, uncluttered appearance. Have you noticed there is an absolute bare minimum of Road Signs here? Again, another thing that gives our area a clutter-free appearance.

can't really say that this is a problem. not only isn't it high on my list, doesn't make the list at all

sounds like a northern problem

it is perfect the way it is...There would be trash cans all over the place...I've not seen 1 bag ripped open in 2 years here.
They pick up twice a week, there is no need for bulky ugly trash cans all over the place.

Trash cans
 

I agree. Never had even one issue with the way it works now.

Really?

I like the way it is now,.

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Nailed it on the Kanens.

Your hierarchy of irritants was not elicited as part of this question. The fact that someone else has needs and problems that don't match yours is irrelevant.

What everybody in the positive corner said! Plus, bins scattered about are ugly; it's windy here, and people aren't always home to put them away. And I don't think those bins are more hygienic. They get dirty, and then you have to wash them.


We've been here 13 years and never had anything get into our garbage bags.

Faster for the collection crews not using the big bins.