Originally Posted by forebubba (Post 1869048)

Postal Station garbage.
Why are people putting their garbage in the trash cans at the postal stations? Not all of it its unwanted Mail as bags of what ever is is hanging out the sides of the cans.
People can see the can is overflowing yet they leave their nwanted mail even on top of the can. More unwanted Mail is lying on the ground.
I picked it up and took it home so that the wind does not scatter it all over. Keep the The Villages beautiful. Is it so difficult to take and sort your Mail at home?
This happens a lot at the Buttonwood station. Not sure how the others are.

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter (Post 1869284)

Doesn’t USPS deliver to address regardless of addressee?

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 1869313)

When I get someone elses mail I just put it in the slot so the post office can redirect it to property party.

For example when the mail is for the former owner of our house give it to the post office to forward.

Originally Posted by ts12755 (Post 1869318)

Mine is always beautiful... must just be buttonwood.

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter (Post 1869284)

Doesn’t USPS deliver to address regardless of addressee?

Originally Posted by merrymini (Post 1869115)

Most people are stupid and selfish and it shows here. Keeping the postal service in cash is the problem. If it were a regular business it would need to be solvent. Our government at work wasting our money.

Originally Posted by Bill14564 (Post 1869058)

The issue isn't whether people put junk mail in the cans, one might even argue that is why the cans are there. The issue is people continuing to leave trash, whether junk mail or other trash, when the cans are overflowing. There is simply no acceptable reason to create that kind of mess.

Originally Posted by thecinks1@gmail.com (Post 1869093)

If the USPS didn't give advertisers ENORMOUS discounts, we wouldn't get so much JUNK MAIL! They pay next to nothing to send us all those unwanted brochures and catalogs. The junk clogs our trash cans; imagine what it does to our landfills!
Why aren't enviro-fanatics screaming about the trees that are cut to create all that junk and the dilemma it creates in trash management? They're so invested in getting rid of plastic straws, but never complain about the extreme amount of wasted paper in junk mail!
Of course, the reality is junk mail saved thousands of union jobs at the post office. Twenty years ago, the USPS was threatening to reduce mail delivery to 3 or 4 days a week. So what? Most messages are now sent via email or text. "Snail mail" is a relic of the past. But, any reductions in service meant the union would have less workers and less dues being paid. Can't have that! The more junk mail to be delivered, the more workers they have to employ!

Originally Posted by davem4616 (Post 1869109)

I've seen people standing by the small trash barrels at the postal station sorting out what they want and tossing the rest, and thought, well that's efficient.....but I've never seen the barrels overflowing

Like most of us, we take our 'junk mail' home and toss it...

I have to say that it feels like we are being inundated with many more catalogs and requests for donations this year than ever before

Originally Posted by CFrance (Post 1869386)

I've heard it is not good to put coffee grounds into the disposal.

Originally Posted by forebubba (Post 1869172)

I called the district about removing the cans. Simply, they won't. They have a contract with a company that they pay, WE PAY, to clean the area and to remove the trash. So, don't complain about your fees and taxes when they increase when you are paying twice ( home and postal station) to pick up you trash.
Where I lived prior to moving here all state and county parks removed trash cans. It was carry in carry out. Guess what..they saved money and the parks were cleaner

Originally Posted by vintageogauge (Post 1869055)

Why do you shred junk mail with your address on it, anyone that want's that information just has to go to the county tax site and they can see it all quicker than going through trash.