[WelchNH]

Another day in the life of "Florida's friendliest home town"

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by CFrance

Back when we still had recycling in The Villages instead of incineration, "they," and I don't know who that is, said it was more responsible to take your junk mail home and recycle it. That's all I know.

They burn what we put out in trash so what is the difference if our house or mail station?

[Rose Ann Vinci Igoe]

Originally Posted by Softball77

This is why people are told to NOT put their "junk mail" in the trash containers. Really rude. If everyone did this, the trash would have to be emptied several times a day.
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so what would go in the trash cans?

[juddfl]

I'm posting again. Talk to the person that collects the trash at your postal station. Like I stated before, our trash is emptied daily. He told me," PLEASE KEEP PUTTING MY JUNK MAIL IN THE TRASH CAN AT THE POSTAL STATION! " Otherwise they'll cut his hours or lay him off. He is trying to supplement his income with this job. Support your postal station trash collector.

[Velvet]

Originally Posted by NotGolfer

First world problems!!

Yes, funny isn’t it? We ARE the first world.

[Velvet]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

Junk mail is a problem. It is usually advertising or solicitations. It is generated because it works. If it did not produce a return greater than the cost, advertisers and solicitors would cease using it. It wastes resources and pollutes our environment. (over flowing trash cans with loose papers and plastics blowing into the ponds and neighborhoods.) Easiest solution might be to take it home and put unwanted mail in home trash. Same as not unwrapping unwanted packaging and leaving it at the store.
In truth, rather than trash cans, dumpsters would allow those that don't want to take junk mail home, a more practical size receptacle for that purpose. Problem then is that some would use them for excessive household trash and junk (old chairs, broken lamps, used auto filters, etc).
Fact is, this is just my opinion. I am not the trash police. Just a neighbor who likes his neighborhood and would like to keep it nice for everyone.
Peace! ������

The problem with junk mail is not HOW we dispose of them, in my opinion. But that they fill up my mailbox in the first place. I know, I know, they subsidize mail delivery, but then they expect me to deal with it. Repeat junk mail from the same source often amounts to harassment. We would block it on our phone.

[DDToto41]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

I disagree. Are told by whom? My mail station on has 5 of those trash cans. They are obviously located there for junk mail. What else are people supposed to use them for? If they are not for junk mail, then remove them and save money. Nobody ever told me not to put junk mail in them. I will continue to use those trash cans for junk mail, like most logical people do.

Logical people would take it home and recycle it, not put it in a trash bin to have it go to a land fill.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by DDToto41

Logical people would take it home and recycle it, not put it in a trash bin to have it go to a land fill.

I believe that your home trash and the postal station trash both go to the same place and it is burned.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by DDToto41

Logical people would take it home and recycle it, not put it in a trash bin to have it go to a land fill.

The only problem with your statement is that all the trash goes to one location where it is burned to supply us with energy.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

The only problem with your statement is that all the trash goes to one location where it is burned to supply us with energy.

Correct. I always have more energy after I take out the trash.

[Cheryl Barrios]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

I disagree. Are told by whom? My mail station on has 5 of those trash cans. They are obviously located there for junk mail. What else are people supposed to use them for? If they are not for junk mail, then remove them and save money. Nobody ever told me not to put junk mail in them. I will continue to use those trash cans for junk mail, like most logical people do.

I understand what you're saying. It makes complete sense. But I think the people who use the trash cans should make sure their items are put in the trash cans - not laid on the top or on the ground where they can blow away. A trash can keeps trash collected so it doesn't look like everyone just threw it on the ground. The trash cans are a convenience to residents and should be used appropriately.

[Briand]

The OP was making the point that as there is only one trash can there and it is full to overflowing - please don’t add to the pile of ‘junk mail’ and take it home to dispose of it. The attitude that ‘oh someone else will clean it all up” is indicative of a high level of selfishness…..

[MartinSE]

I have not seen ours overflowing in over 2 years here. If it is happening, then maybe bigger and more cans. Better than junk be thrown there than on the street.

I make it a point to sort our mail, and anything that might be useful to ID thieves (offers by banks, etc.) get taken home and shredded. Anything like coupons we never use get put in the can.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by DDToto41

Logical people would take it home and recycle it, not put it in a trash bin to have it go to a land fill.

It all goes to the same place...

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Briand

The OP was making the point that as there is only one trash can there and it is full to overflowing - please don’t add to the pile of ‘junk mail’ and take it home to dispose of it. The attitude that ‘oh someone else will clean it all up” is indicative of a high level of selfishness…..

To clarify, that is not what the OP said. The OP didn't say there was only one trash can (most mail stations have several). The OP did say that it is "really rude" to place junk mail into a trash can. Not true. The photo only shows a few pieces of mail on top of the trash can, but it looks like there was room to stuff it into the can, and whoever placed it there probably should have done so.