Originally Posted by airstreamingypsy (Post 2435457)

Last week, on a windy day, I was driving to Ocala on 475. Empty plastic garbage bins were in front of most of the farms, I didn't care until..... on the two lane road, 55 mph, a large bin blew into the street in front of me.... an 18 wheeler was coming toward me in the other lane.... my choices were, die or hit the garbage bin....

Since I'm here you can figure which one I chose. Did some damage to my car though. :cryin2:

Imagine bins blowing around on windy days.

Originally Posted by jimmyinvillages (Post 2435128)

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.

Find My District - The Villages Community Development Districts

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

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2435461)

Back home we always rolled the bin out (didn't carry it, they DO come on wheels these days, for those who complain about how cumbersome and heavy they were in the stone-age when dinosaurs roamed the earth). Everyone used the big black garbage bags - also known as trash can liners, so no one ever had to worry about gross maggot-infested rotting gelatinous goo sticking to the barrel. The trash guy would lift the can, jerk it toward the truck, the full liner would slide out into it, and then he'd lay the can back down on its side.

Unless there was a hurricane expected, you never saw empty cans tipping over and blowing into the road because they were intentionally tipped over on the bank of the property.

Originally Posted by jimmyinvillages (Post 2435128)

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.

Find My District - The Villages Community Development Districts

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

Originally Posted by Joe C. (Post 2435517)

I think that color coded trash cans are the way to go here in The Villages. Just like those color coded scrunchies on the top of cars in the parking lots. Just think ..... walk down the street and see which neighbors do what for fun. No need to track down a car in the parking lot and follow it. You may be amazed at what surprises are awaiting just a few houses away!!! Consider color coded trash cans as a way of enhancing "neighborhood solidarity".:a20::a20::a20::a20:

Originally Posted by Joe C. (Post 2435517)

I think that color coded trash cans are the way to go here in The Villages. Just like those color coded scrunchies on the top of cars in the parking lots. Just think ..... walk down the street and see which neighbors do what for fun. No need to track down a car in the parking lot and follow it. You may be amazed at what surprises are awaiting just a few houses away!!! Consider color coded trash cans as a way of enhancing "neighborhood solidarity".:a20::a20::a20::a20:

Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2435539)

At first reading, I thought the OP's position was kind of crazy, but I've since seen the error of my ways.

I think if we were to go to those large Plastic Trash containers, color coded with Liquid Lights (LED's) to match the owner's interests, we'd have a vast improvement to our current, dour ambiance.

Maybe add some painted "white crosses" to the inside of the flip-over cover, just to get all the bases covered.

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy (Post 2435296)

Why do people want to change everything to like they were from whence they came. . if they want everything like from whence they came, maybe they shouldn't have come here in the first place.

Originally Posted by Nana2Teddy (Post 2435329)

We love the system here having come from SoCal where we had 3 different large bins that we had to use to separate our trash and different types of recyclables. It was a huge PITA, and was just getting more and more complicated at the time we were selling and moving. Don’t miss any of it! Not only was the whole process a huge hassle, but we had very lax HOA rules because our dues were only $25 annually and that was optional, so there were trash cans that never left the driveway during the week despite the rule to keep them out of site. Our neighbors across the street lined up the three large cans against their garage door and left them there permanently.

Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 2435433)

In my area crows only pick on white or clear bags. They leave black bags alone.

Originally Posted by MyTooR83 (Post 2435319)

I have never lived anywhere that allowed garbage to be put out in bags. Birds have pecked and opened up the bags. I have seen garbage strewn streets and lawns. Paper blown a block down. And when walking the bags stink. Surprised yet not surprised living down here that this practice is allowed. Very unsanitary. My guess is the Village Owners don't want to pay the money for garbage cans. Also: I'm not talking about cans with take off lids; I'm talking about the big black cans with flip lids that were supplied by the municipalities I lived in. You would also need less garbage workers. Lets move up to the 21rst century.

Originally Posted by Pugchief (Post 2435559)

That doesn't at all sound like California. To be more believable: You would get a huge fine if you accidentally put the wrong thing in one of the bins, but would be ignored and perhaps encouraged if you created unsightly, bacterial producing garbage on the streets. Did I do that right?

Originally Posted by ElDiabloJoe (Post 2435577)

Yup, that's pretty accurate.

L.A. requires 4 curbside bins, black for landfill, blue for recycling, green for organics, and brown for horse manure.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2435141)

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.

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy (Post 2435296)

you took the typing right from beneath my fingers. .

Why do people want to change everything to like they were from whence they came. . if they want everything like from whence they came, maybe they shouldn't have come here in the first place.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2435597)

Not everything was better "up north", but some things were .....like SAT scores.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2435594)

Possums, coyotes, cats, and small rodents will be out at night and can get into plastic bags. Best to take them out in the early morning.

Originally Posted by jimmyinvillages (Post 2435128)

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.

Find My District - The Villages Community Development Districts

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

Originally Posted by MyTooR83 (Post 2435319)

I have never lived anywhere that allowed garbage to be put out in bags. Birds have pecked and opened up the bags. I have seen garbage strewn streets and lawns. Paper blown a block down. And when walking the bags stink. Surprised yet not surprised living down here that this practice is allowed. Very unsanitary. My guess is the Village Owners don't want to pay the money for garbage cans. Also: I'm not talking about cans with take off lids; I'm talking about the big black cans with flip lids that were supplied by the municipalities I lived in. You would also need less garbage workers. Lets move up to the 21rst century.

Originally Posted by bsloan1960 (Post 2435158)

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.

Originally Posted by Justputt (Post 2435406)

I've seen trash bags ripped open by vultures, not crows, and we had ours ripped open several days ago. My wife had put the trash out too early one day, so now she knows that trash goes out just before dark and no problems.

It would be nice if there were some common trash drops for those that are leaving town. Trash that shouldn't be on the street for days because of pests and too smelly to leave in their home.

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 2435613)

We don't need no stinkin' bins!

Originally Posted by Pugchief (Post 2435589)

There are residential people in LA that need to dispose of horse manure? Huh?
Well at least the bin color matches the contents.

Originally Posted by Nana2Teddy (Post 2435712)

We have several neighbors who would gladly do this for us, as we would for them. Surely you have neighbors like this too?

Originally Posted by USOTR (Post 2435323)

We would have those who would say "I'm disabled and special", and like a friend of mine leaves his trash cans on the street.. Stating I can not drag those big cans back to the house, so he leaves them on the street.

I keep a 32 gallon can in the garage, with black bag in it, and deposit my kitchen bags into the black bag. Then take the black bag to the street on pickup days. Simple, efficient, and no trash cans on the street.

Originally Posted by MrFlorida (Post 2435616)

I agree 100%

Originally Posted by Aces4 (Post 2435837)

Some neighbors don't want everyone knowing their comings and goings.