[QUOTE=jimdecastro;2039433]The system is one of the most ridiculous things about ”the bubble”. Putting a plastic garbage bag on your driveway where critters can get at it it’s just plain stupid. I would put it out in the morning to avoid them.[/QUOTE

Never had a problem with animals getting into the trash we put out.

Trash Pickup Cason Hammock
 

Each village may have different days for trash pick up. St Catherine's is Mon & Thurs & no trash cans are used. Just plastic bags or boxes. It's true, that large trash items need to be scheduled, but we found that our moving boxes and wardrobes were picked up when our street of houses moved in. Make sure to break down the boxes & reduce the number for trash pick up. They come early on our street, b/w 0800 and 0815, so putting out the trash the night before is a must. Covenants say, put out after 8pm.
Welcome to the Villages......twice a week trash pick up is such a blessing for us!

Now why would we go to all that trouble?

We have a similar service up north and I find the TV service to be exemplary. EVERYTHING is recycled as energy. All things are just different forms of energy. The other recycling programs are quite primitive compared to the one used in TV.

As for not using cans. What a terrific idea. Cans make noise, cans smell, talk about inviting creatures to your home! Cans blow away in the wind, cans take time for garbage collectors. What we have instead are bags. Everyone has garbage disposal so there is almost no food that goes into the bags. The ones hubby buys for us, smell wonderful, lavender or something. Critters and insects dislike it. We can put everything pretty well in the bags.

The garbage collectors come pick up and are gone in seconds flat. No one else has better service anywhere that I know of, unless it is your maid taking the garbage with her.

I agree with you completely. I remember when i first got here about 4 yrs ago and I wrote something on this site about golfing.. That post was murdered by mostly posters that have 1000s of posts. What a rude awakening.

Re: animals attacking your trash.
Try putting a cap full of ammonia into the bag. One or two mothballs also work.

It is not the same trash pick up company throughout the villages. Call the company that does your pick up. Carpet, I expect they will tell you it needs to be cut to a certain width and tied into rolls. It is easy to cut from the back with a razor knife.

We moved in years ago. I don't know what the current rules are. We have Waste Management. The lady I spoke to was very pleasant. We had over 200 boxes and she told us we could put out as much as we wanted. I was expecting to be told around five.

We have a neighbor that is here part time-we help them out. No big deal. If, you have huge amounts of trash, like gardening, moving boxes you can take it to the dump they will charge you a few bucks.

Do you not remember them from third grade?

The animals like my wife's chicken far more than I do.

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Love your explanation, Velvet. 14 years here and love the trash system. No animal attacks so far.

Yup. No Trash Cans and No Recycling
 

Welcome to ToTV. You will see that every day on here. Some people have no life and stay on this site constantly and make lots of sarcastic replies.
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[QUOTE=Rodneysblue;2039573]I had a bag ripped open once that I had put out the night before pickup. Since then I put it out between 4:30AM and 5:30AM when I get up... No more problems...
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There is no landfill. EVERYTHING in TV is RECYCLED... Sorry you have a worse system that fills up landfills.
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That's why when you're driving through Fruitland Park you see all those ugly trash cans that stay out by the road days at a time. And lots of them laying on their side.
Really pretty. Unlike our trashy looking Villages. NOT...
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Your Comment is Laughable!
 

Education yes, bashing the Villages, No.
BTW do you fall in the non-villager category?

With respect, it does not seem that you understand what the term “recycle” means.

Education yes, bashing the Villages, No.
BTW do you fall in the non-villager category?

To Recycle Means . . .
 

Hello,

I am on the public NSCUDD board that oversees the operation of sanitation in a large part of the Villages. Please read what is stated here that may answer some of your questions or concerns -> Sanitation Information

If you have more questions or issues with what NSCUDD does, please feel free to attend one of our meetings held once a month at the Sea Breeze Rec Center in the Villages or contact one of the board members directly -> Board of Supervisors

Thanks and have a happy holiday season,

Rick

Bonanza
 

To add to twoplane suggestions, you can further your education by going to this site…..the company that picks up the trash…….
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Yep, early in the a.m.

If people used cans, they would be flying around during some of the storms we get here, besides , where would we put the cans ? And, as you know, some would just leave them out front and never move them....No thanks, I'll use bags.

a couple of streets from my last house , there was a can left out all day , was that you? I’ve lived places with the cans they stay out all day ,get blown all over the place and they stink up because many people never wash them , the other problem is the people who start leaving there thrash bags out around 2 pm the day before , I can’t figure out why and I know some people are leaving but most live here

Funny peculiar, not funny "ha ha".
 

Why are the TV residents responding to non-TV residents who use TV forum to bash our community?
And what is the fun of baiting and bashing TV and the residents on a website that is clearly meant for those that live here or want to?
Have they no better source of entertainment? Once they have been identified as non-residents who bait and bash TV and its residents, remember them, consider them trolls, ignore their posts and don't respond. Maybe they will lose interest and ....