You're right: Don't force folks to recycle; just make them pay for the privilege of opting out. I love the attitude expressed by the interviewee. Just take away all the tax dollars, let them arrange their own private hauling, or allow them to dump the garbage on the ground, if they don't want the gummint interference. Let them see how much it costs to get rid of a ton of trash today.
Does Nashville have The Claw, that trash truck with that arm which picks up the lidded flip-top bin and empties it in the top?
Our town changed over to that system just after a raccoon tore apart the trash bag on our porch. We were between garbage cans at the time, and I really like our bin: The local bear hasn't tried, but I've seen frustrated animal paw prints on the top of it.
And houses get one trash bin; the second trash bin costs extra annually.
Does Nashville have The Claw, that trash truck with that arm which picks up the lidded flip-top bin and empties it in the top?
Yes, we have "the claw," but people are so clueless they inevitably put their bins out facing the wrong direction. Seems like more times than not, the driver has to get out of the truck and reposition the bins.
I'm sure this sounds hopelessly anal, but sometimes while walkings dogs my husband and I will turn people's bins around so they're facing the right way. Just so the poor trash collector can drive just one block without having to get out of the cab.
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