[RP TownTalk] The fresh new ways!!!

Wed Aug 6 15:37:42 UTC 2008

I am in love with the fact that we received brand new trash cans that are study and on wheels. I wasn't married to my old (still new from our move here in February) trash can, which we will now use as a dog food storage container, and the new one will be much easier to take to the curb with it's wheels.
What I am not very happy about - which also happened for a large part of the Hyattsville population (where I lived until February) - is that my trash can is larger than my recycle bin. As an environmentally conscious person, I produce more recycling then trash and would love to have a trash can the size of my recycle bin and a recycle bin the size of my trash can.

Is that possible to get?

Anne Blein-Zuk

--- On Wed, 8/6/08, Vernon Archer <varcher at gmail.com> wrote:
From: Vernon Archer <varcher at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] The good old days!
To: OurDollMom at aol.com
Cc: ABragg7393 at aol.com, towntalk at riverdale-park.org
Date: Wednesday, August 6, 2008, 8:54 AM

Friends and neighbors,

Just a quick FYI, any person who is unable through a legitimate disability to move their trash to the street will, as was previously the case, have it picked up from their back yard.  We have a list of such individuals and it is part of the contract that this service will continue.  

Best wishes,

Vern

On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 6:06 PM, <OurDollMom at aol.com> wrote:

Oh Audrey - you are so funny.  I remember those
days.  I never could get my bag to the curb w/o
it tearing up from so much trash & critters tugging
at it.  Good Ole Days.   Em

In a message dated 8/5/2008 4:12:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ABragg7393 at aol.com writes:

Does anyone remember back in the good ol' days (1970) when the town furnished each household with a metal trash can stand.  In this stand was placed a paper bag  which was filled with trash.  The public works people would walk down your driveway, yeah its true, and pick up the paper bag and haul it away to the trash truck.  The town also furnished the paper bags.  All included in our taxes which were quite low back then.  We had fewer workers, trucks, staff then too.  It was wonderful not to have to worry about totting  trash cans out to the curb and actually made the town look better since there were never any containers lining the streets waiting for people to come home from work or getting out on the wrong day.  Then came the progress where we were instructed to haul our own bags out to the street.  Saving time and money here.  So, that wasn't so bad we got used to it.  Then came more progress.....those bags were getting messed up by the
 dogs and the birds and trash was getting all over so now we would be required to get a container which had to meet specific specifications and haul that out to the street.  OK, we did that.  Now we have progress again.  I can't wait to see what 2020 brings for us!   Imagine.....no gas, so we have to wheel those containers to the dump.  I can see the little old lady (that would be me)  struggling down the East West Highway with my container.  I'm smiling happy I'm still here to witness the progress!

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