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.