[DAVES]

Originally Posted by Pickleball!

I just bought a house in Cason Hammock and will be moving at the end of January.

How does the trash service work in TV? Do you get a can or need to purchase one? How often is the pick up? How much can you put out? What if I have a lot due to construction?

I am planning on pulling up some carpet, not sure what to do with the remodel debris? Thanks

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.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by Polarlys

We bought into TV earlier this year and are part timers (for the time being that is). At first I scratched my head over the "No Can" policy but have gotten used to it. Still, some things seem to be more suited to using a can but I'm OK with the bagging so far. My question is: What is the best way to deal with bagged trash when we are planning to leave and trash pick-up day is several days away? Is there someplace nearby where we can deposit a bag as we are heading out ??? If you ask what we've done the few times we've left I won't tell you. So don't ask. Since we're retired and very flexible with our travels we can often schedule our departure to coincide with the pick-up but not always so it's only come up a couple of times.

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.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by Sjchandler1211

Why do some people feel the need to be so sarcastic toward someone just seeking information? Unreal and quite pathetic.

Do you not remember them from third grade?

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by Rodneysblue

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

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

[PugMom]

[Carla B]

Originally Posted by Velvet

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.

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

[Bonanza]

Originally Posted by Luggage

As a non villager I find your trash service really ridiculous. Just down the road in my community we have one can for trash one smaller can for recyclables, or you can use a yellow bucket provided also for recyclables, the trucks that are used have mechanical arm is that will pick up the cans and dump them into the trucks. The only request they have is to cut up cardboard boxes and flatten them out if it's more than one or two

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

I never got past "as a non villager" in reading your post.......

Perhaps a non-Villager could educate you somewhat if you kept reading, Bogie (which I know you did, anyway).

Yes, non-Villagers understand what is done in the "Bubble" is ridiculous, absurd or whatever other adjective you want to apply to the trash system of using plastic bags. Sure Morse Family . . . keep adding more plastic into the landfill and ruining the environment even more. Waste Management knows what they are doing but the powers that be in The Villages just want to get off cheap by using a less caring company who charges less!

In addition, that The Villages does NOT recycle anything is shameful!

[DaleDivine]

Originally Posted by Sjchandler1211

Why do some people feel the need to be so sarcastic toward someone just seeking information? Unreal and quite pathetic.

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.

[DaleDivine]

[QUOTE=Rodneysblue;2039573]

Originally Posted by jimdecastro

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.

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...

[DaleDivine]

Originally Posted by Bonanza

Perhaps a non-Villager could educate you somewhat if you kept reading, Bogie (which I know you did, anyway).

Yes, non-Villagers understand what is done in the "Bubble" is ridiculous, absurd or whatever other adjective you want to apply to the trash system of using plastic bags. Sure Morse Family . . . keep adding more plastic into the landfill and ruining the environment even more. Waste Management knows what they are doing but the powers that be in The Villages just want to get off cheap by using a less caring company who charges less!

In addition, that The Villages does NOT recycle anything is shameful!

There is no landfill. EVERYTHING in TV is RECYCLED... Sorry you have a worse system that fills up landfills.

[DaleDivine]

Originally Posted by Luggage

As a non villager I find your trash service really ridiculous. Just down the road in my community we have one can for trash one smaller can for recyclables, or you can use a yellow bucket provided also for recyclables, the trucks that are used have mechanical arm is that will pick up the cans and dump them into the trucks. The only request they have is to cut up cardboard boxes and flatten them out if it's more than one or two

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...

[Bonanza]

Originally Posted by DaleDivine

There is no landfill. EVERYTHING in TV is RECYCLED... Sorry you have a worse system that fills up landfills.

You are a trash bag full of misinformation. Regardless of what you choose to call it, i.e., a landfill, dump, or ???. YES, THERE IS such a thing.

And you're telling me that The Villages trash is gone through to find recycled items such as steel, aluminum, cardboard, paper, plastic etc., and these items are recycled? Of course, we won't talk about the garbage that people put in with their trash, in addition to dog and cat poop, will we?

Yeah, right!

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Luggage

As a non villager I find your trash service really ridiculous. Just down the road in my community we have one can for trash one smaller can for recyclables, or you can use a yellow bucket provided also for recyclables, the trucks that are used have mechanical arm is that will pick up the cans and dump them into the trucks. The only request they have is to cut up cardboard boxes and flatten them out if it's more than one or two

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

I never got past "as a non villager" in reading your post.......

Originally Posted by Bonanza

Perhaps a non-Villager could educate you somewhat if you kept reading, Bogie (which I know you did, anyway).

Yes, non-Villagers understand what is done in the "Bubble" is ridiculous, absurd or whatever other adjective you want to apply to the trash system of using plastic bags. Sure Morse Family . . . keep adding more plastic into the landfill and ruining the environment even more. Waste Management knows what they are doing but the powers that be in The Villages just want to get off cheap by using a less caring company who charges less!

In addition, that The Villages does NOT recycle anything is shameful!

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

[Bonanza]

Originally Posted by DaleDivine

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...

Those trash cans are better looking than all the ugly plastic bags that line the streets of TV, many of which are ripped open by critters before they get picked up, and subsequently remains from the ripped-open bags are left in the gutters.

In addition, those cans aren't on the street for "days at a time."

Stop exaggerating.

[Velvet]

Originally Posted by Bonanza

Perhaps a non-Villager could educate you somewhat if you kept reading, Bogie (which I know you did, anyway).

Yes, non-Villagers understand what is done in the "Bubble" is ridiculous, absurd or whatever other adjective you want to apply to the trash system of using plastic bags. Sure Morse Family . . . keep adding more plastic into the landfill and ruining the environment even more. Waste Management knows what they are doing but the powers that be in The Villages just want to get off cheap by using a less caring company who charges less!

In addition, that The Villages does NOT recycle anything is shameful!

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