[Grovenet] Garbage question

[Katie Allnutt]

I guess partly because now we care what we put in our dumps and what  
becomes of them.
Back then they just scraped off a piece of land, piled garbage on it,  
then covered it with dirt.
Now we line our dumps, siphon off the built up gasses, cap them  
better, set up hazardous waste days to collect the really bad stuff,  
we have three cans for different waste streams, and pay at least a  
part of the sanitation workers' insurance.
One could argue that before we were shifting the 'cost' of our  
garbage on to future generations and now we are trying to better pay  
for it as we go. Or at least mitigating the cost for future  
generations. Money well spent if you want your descendants to live  
decently. A total waste of money if the world revolves around you.  
(And I'm not talking about you Ron, because I know you and the great  
majority of people do care, but there are a few out there who would  
be happy to leave their toxins for others to deal with when they are  
gone.)

Do you feel like you get more for your trash dollars than back then?

Katie

On Dec 27, 2007, at 10:12 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> Remember when one left the garbage cans behind the fence alongside  
> the house
> or garage and the trash collectors came into the yard and got them,  
> emptied
> them into the truck and put them back?
>
> Looking at an old budget from the 1960's, as a percentage of my  
> housing cost
> I paid less for the service then than I do now.
>
> So why is that?
>
> Ron AC7AC
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet- 
> bounces at rdrop.com] On
> Behalf Of Katie Allnutt
> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 9:43 AM
> To: Tosca at prodigy.net; Forest Grove local interests list
> Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Garbage question
>
>
> I had just the opposite problem. I was off by a day so I put our bins
> out a day earlier than usual. Now that the service is delayed I hope
> my neighbors understand why I have my cans out cluttering the curb
> for so long...
>
> Katie
> Especially those who think the cans are an eyesore.
>
>
>
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