[RP TownTalk] trash "cans"

Thu Aug 7 21:57:06 UTC 2008

Novella,
I've forwarded your note to Director Addison. Thank you for the heads up (or ship ahoy!).
-David Lingua


--- On Thu, 8/7/08, novella sargusingh <msnovella50 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: novella sargusingh <msnovella50 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] trash "cans"
> To: lisagrob at verizon.net, "Lou King" <lking at knob.com>
> Cc: "TownTalk" <towntalk at riverdale-park.org>
> Date: Thursday, August 7, 2008, 4:56 PM
> Here is a new twist on our new trash cans with wheels. 
> Before leaving on a field trip this morning, I placed my new
> trash can on the curb as I usually do.  During the second
> storm that came through this afternoon I just happen to
> notice that my Bates trash can which was not put back on the
> curb, had taken off down Taylor Road!!  Having just returned
> from the field trip and barely had time to unload and get
> the kids inside before the storm hit.  I thought I was
> seeing things when the rush of the water carried the trash
> can down the road with great speed.  As I was watching my
> trash can float away, I notice my neighbors trash can was
> floating by as well (maybe they were in a race).  Now I am
> not one to complain much, but I strongly believe that Bates
> should be held accountable and put the darn trash cans back
> were they got them from (THE CURB) instead of leaving them
> in the street.
>  
> I want you to know that I called my husband who came to the
> rescue of both trash cans at his own peril before they
> crossed Oglethorpe Street or collide with oncoming traffic
> which had slowed down to avoid the floating trash cans. 
> Furthermore, he was stoking wet and pissed off that the
> trash cans had been left in the street to begin with!! 
> Please, please let Bates know about this situation
> especially on Taylor Road because it is a downward slope
> from were I live.  Furthermore, I am certain that my
> husband's rescue days are over!!   
> Thanks A Million!
>  
>            Novella 
> 
> Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 08:51:32 -0500From:
> lisagrob at verizon.netTo: lking at knob.comCC:
> TownTalk at riverdale-park.orgSubject: Re: [RP TownTalk] trash
> "cans"
>  You don't have to fill it :)  I find it be easier than
> my smaller cans because it has wheels. 
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at  2:20 PM, Lou King wrote:
> > Did I miss a memo????
> (Those of of you that remember my rant about the SIZE of
> the recycle container can move on to the next email.)
> I don't think I missed a council meeting covering Bates
> taking over trash collection for Riverdale Park - but when
> was it discussed that each single family home would be
> required to move around an APARTMENT SIZED trash bin?
> {NOTE this is not the "Cranky Old Coot" speaking
> but, me, his serious minded keeper.}
> If I were not the healthy, strapping, young male that I am,
> and say I was my neighbor Mickie G.,  I would be unable to
> take out my trash! Not to say Mickie is a helpless little
> old lady, (if she heard me say that I would leave town for
> my own safety) but; For her to take out a bag of empty
> protein supplement jars from the bodybuilding store, she has
> to, with one hand, open the lid (that rises over my head),
> and use here other arm to jerk and clear her trash almost
> shoulder high (over 1 meter) to get it in these new
> cavernous roll-on dumpster.
> {I'm sorry, it is just not possible to speak seriously
> about such a ludicrous situation.}
> Reading TownTalk I know that all my neighbors are concerned
> about the environment and expanding landfills. As such they
> all take their reusable (or recycled) bags to RP
> Farmer's Market and generate mostly compostable trash
> and make other purchases with an eye on the
> produce-to-packaging ratio. For example, myself, I have only
> half fulled the small yellow recycle bin sense mid-May when
> I tried to leave town. It is mostly dog food cans and is an
> old story. This is about trash.
> In the winter I take my 30" tall trash can to the curb
> every-other week or so (more often in warm weather for
> obvious, odious reasons). I have to start using the green
> dumpster left at my house, the container will weigh more
> that my weekly trash! Wheels or not, I will have to drag
> this thing across my yard to E. Beale. This is easier than
> haling it up the drive to the front of the house.
> What I think will happen with the trash
> "dumpsters" is what I have observed with the
> recycle bins-on-wheels. Several people in town
> don't/can't hide their big recycle bins behind their
> steps, by their back door as they did the smaller yellow
> recycle bins.  Drive through town. How many recycle bins do
> you see sitting our front? Where before a home owner/renter
> would buy a trash can sized for their needs, and that they
> could hale to the street.  We are now concerned with what to
> do with these "people" sized containers and
> obliged to uses over sized containers.
> Personally, when I moved to town I planted a flowering, red
> berried cane by my back step to hide what I needed for trash
> from E. Beale. No, the new behemoths will not fit.
> I just went out and checked, the trashcan I fill ever
> week/week-and-a-half is a 30 gallon container. The recycle
> bin from the county is 64 gallons and the new Bates
> container is bigger than that!
> Now I "know" this is all for efficiency, etc. but
> have you notices that the recycle truck workers don't
> have, or don't use, equipment to empty the recycle bins?
> What I see is two guys flipping open my neighbor's
> container, grabbing it and dumbing it in the back of the
> truck. There is a message here. OSHA -  or the trash
> collector, requires TWO workers to hale around the container
> to avoid injury. A single resident, on the other hand, is
> expected to move the same container to the curb. Why?
> Because the resident is not employed as a trash person and
> therefore not covered by OSHA.
> In short what I see is a system designed for the
> convenience of the trash collection entity - customers
> (taxpayers) be damned.
> Louis King
> PS If you want to hear this rant again come to the working
> session, 25 Aug.  I know it is a done deal. But I do wish to
> let the elected officials know how their efforts to save
> money have reduced the quality of life (and the view) in
> Riverdale Park and how that may effect my decisions next
> May. COC
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