Garbage pick up costs?

**mrspunkysmom** · 11-27-2010, 10:36 PM

I live rural too and there are two or three independent trash services so I pay about $50 for 3 months. They even pick it up if you're late with the payment. The company charges extra for recycling because the county charges them to dump recycling. Yet I can take my recycling to the local center for free. They do not recycle everything, but most of what I have is what they want.

they do charge extra for certain items, unlike the city when I lived in the city.

**happylabs** · 11-28-2010, 12:23 AM

Rural area here, $17 a month. Wish it was included in the property taxes seeing as mine are well over $1400 a year.

**Cookiebaker** · 11-28-2010, 01:00 AM

we pay by the bag....$3 for a small bag and $4 for a large.

We buy tickets in $20 increments, and it takes about 1.5-2 mos. to go through 3 of them. Recycling is free so we recycle every single thing that we possibly can. There is also a 'free bin' to put reuseable household items. It adds up fast though!

**krazyaboutkatz** · 11-28-2010, 01:44 AM

I live in a condo complex so we have the huge trash bins. We also have several recycle trash cans too. It's included in the property taxes I think or maybe the homeowners dues.

**Louie and me** · 11-28-2010, 06:55 AM

My property taxes cover trash pickup. The town is very "into" recycling so there is a pick up every week for green bins (compostables) and blue bins (recycling - paper, plastic jars and containers, glass, aluminum foil, etc) and up to three large garbage bags of general trash are picked up every two weeks. We divert up to 75% of our trash from landfills so I think that's great.

**chocolatepuppy** · 11-28-2010, 09:00 AM

Originally Posted by Cookiebaker

we pay by the bag....$3 for a small bag and $4 for a large.

I wish they'd go by the bag/can here. As it is, I'd be paying $7.12 per can!

And my can would only be 1/2 full most of the time! I also think 'pay by what you put out' would help encourge recycling.

**shais_mom** · 11-28-2010, 10:34 AM

mine is included in my monthly water bill - I believe that it is about $18 a month. Recycling is a one time price of about $6 for the huge bin that you throw everything in. Except cardboard. They won't pick up cardboard.