Rural Garbage Service Mandatory ..

[LBrown59]

Where I live in rural PA, too often people move in from suburbs or cities to "get away from it all" but then object to the lack of the services they have been accustomed to. Garbage falls into this category. They want it to just "go away." They quicly begin to demand services and inevitably taxes rise, etc. etc. I'm perfectly happy with fewer services and less taxes. I recycle, and am careful about the packaging in the products I buy, and burn most of the rest. We maintain essential services such as fire and emergency on a volunteer basis. We don't need babysitting...

Translation penalizing the innocent by imposing on their rights.
== L B ==

 

[RobertN]

1*So get on the downwinders case but leave the upwinders and everyone else that has nothing to do with the problem alone.

You miss the point. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO GET ON THE DOWNWINDERS! They should not do it in the first place. Common courtesy. It aint so common any more. Golden rule, do unto others... I do not burn trash because A-it is illegal here, B-it stinks and that stinky smoke goes all over.

THAT, is why there are so many silly laws. Cause common sense, common courtesy, is not so common any more.

My neighbor two properties over got busted. I didn't turn him in, but should have. I think he thought I did, being a fireman and all. He was doing a remodel, and was burning the construction trash. Stunk to high heaven; glue and varnish and insulation and tar paper and other icky stuff. And, he KNEW better! He got a big fine, couldn't burn anything for a couple years.

I did give him hints; I anonymously left a couple burn fliers in his mail box, that outline what can/can't be burnt here, and how to find out if it is a burn day or not.

And, he is a heck of a nice guy. Real nice neighbor(has since moved, but was still a pretty good guy). But he still burned illegally. And, we have a dump/transfer only 5 miles away...

That is why some of us have strong opinions on this around here, at least IMHO

Maybe you are the great neighbor, who takes care with all this stuff, but there are too many who are not.

 

[LBrown59]

1*Used to use a burn barrel for all burnables but that ended when the state started paying people to snitch off burn barrels (see below on that one!)
2*RE: burn barrels. They are really down on them. To the point that you cannot burn _anything_ in them.
2*Last fall I had a batch of evergreen prunings - I could pile and burn them with no problem but "don't put 'em in a burn barrel"

Harry K

1*There no state or county ban on trash barrels here but the city has baned them.
2*Why what's their point/ objection?
3*What's any difference between that and a pit fireplace etc?

 

[LBrown59]

If you don't like the way the contract is negotiated, go whine to your representatives.

I don't live in town so i don't have anyone representing me there.
== L B ==.
P S
Just remembered I do have 2 friends that were just elected to city council.
Think That would help?

 

[MikePA]

I don't live in town so i don't have anyone representing me there.

If mandatory trash pickup doesn't affect you, why are you railing about it?

Think That would help?

No. Some things are beyond help.

 

[Bird]

I anonymously left a couple burn fliers in his mail box,

Did you know it was illegal for you to leave those in his mail box?

 

[RobertN]

Did you know it was illegal for you to leave those in his mail box?

I knew I used a small piece of duct tape, and stuck it on the front of the mail box. That way, it did not get mixed with junk mail etc, and they were sure to see it.

 

[kenmac]

I know this is off subject but,


per the post master .Once put up, A mail box is federal property. Fliers on or in a mail box is illegal. There was a company putting fliers on mail boxes in the neighborhood. Post man got them & turned them in.Per the post man. The company leaving the fliers on the mail boxes was fined

 

[kenmac]

Lowest price per person - Mandatory with 1 company. Competitively bid contract.
Middle price per person - Non-mandatory with 1 company. Competitively bid contract.
Highest price per person - One company, no competitively bid contract.




We/ I would be in the middle price

 

[MossRoad]

I don't live in town so i don't have anyone representing me there.
== L B ==.
P S
Just remembered I do have 2 friends that were just elected to city council.
Think That would help?

LB. I hafta agree with some of the other folks here. Burning trash is no longer socially acceptable and even if not illegal can be a major source of ill-will towards your neighbors, not to mention a huge source of air pollution. It is so obnoxiuos that people vote it out and elected officials uphold those bans. That is one of the reasons there is mandatory trash pickup. The only way to ensure that people are using mandatory trash pickup is to control the billing through a government agency... I.E. If they aren't using the trash pickup service, what are they doing with their trash?

It's one of those little annoyances of being a member of society. Sometimes, even though you are a good citizen and do all the right things, you still have to mandate stuff because so many people are doing the wrong thing. In our local town, there is city provided mandatory trash pickup. In the county there is no mandatory trash pickup, but there are burn laws. The entire county is covered by mandatory recycling.

Here's a good website regarding burn barrels and some good reasons why they should be outlawed, in my opinion, of course.

Burn Barrel Home Page