[golfing eagles]

[New Englander]

For recycling, I would much rather use a recycle bin than a clear plastic bag. But it's not allowed here so it don't matter.

[photo1902]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Is that popcorn in a paper or plastic container?

[vintageogauge]

Originally Posted by Mrs. Robinson

John -- You are 100% correct but worse than what you've said is the requirement for all residents' trash to be in plastic bags!

A really BIG Village pet peeve of mine. And when I say big, I mean BIG!

The Villages requirement is for plastic trash bags and in addition -- they want certain types of bag, to boot!
Doesn't that get anyone's ire up?

Anywhere else in the country in most urban areas, trash cans are provided which are designed for the trucks to automatically pick up the cans.
Do Villagers have any idea what these bags are doing to our environment and landfills?
Do Villagers have any idea how many plastic trash bags this is per week, per month, per year???
Do any Villagers care?
I say this because I have seen threads where residents do not want trash cans. This makes me wonder about that kind of lazy mentality which is loaded with lame excuses for not wanting them.

Then there's the developer who makes money from the trash collection.
Then there's the developer who does not want to invest in what it would cost him to provide the cans, recycle bins and trucks.

I would love to see Waste Management come in and do the job.
They know how to run the trash business and do it right.
Alas -- it will never happen; there aren't enough residents who care enough to make sure that some kind of change takes place.

The current trash situation is very sad at too many different levels.

Waste management does all of Fenney and Desoto,