Homeowners consider placing their garbage/recycables together (but separate) for pickup at their property line joinging the two houses, rather than totally separate in front of their own driveway. This reduces the number of stops a garbage truck must make by 50%, saving time and money. It reduces wear and tear on truck brakes. It reduces noise created by full throttle starts as operator dashes to keep to schedule. It may also help reduce waste, increase recycables as you compare your own pile with your neighbour.
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Excellent idea. I wonder what the best way to implement it would be? Maybe the waste management company could offer some kind of incentive, like a percentage off the customer's bill, if they "pool" their garbage.
This is a doable idea. I don't think people need anymore incentive outside of the fact that they are doing a small part for a greater good. Maybe you should start a campaign to get people to do this. All it would take is mailing out post cards to people.
This is a great idea, and a great motivator, but how would neighbor's with two different garbage disposal companies work it... our neighborhood is pretty small, about 11,000 residents, and there are probably three or four different garbage companies. Also, what about putting out an extra bag every once in a while, how would the company know who's bill to put it on... I know, picky picky, but just thinking of how to start this up with my neighbor. :-)
Here the municipality contracts out garbage pickup - usually to one or two major waste haulers. You are limited to 4 bags every 2 weeks. So if I have 2 bags and my neighbour has 3, together we are under limit.When I have 5 and my neighbour has 1, I normally would hold back 1 bag for the next pickup, or simply drop the extra bag 30 ft away at my neighbours spot.There is no extra charge or penalty - they simply do not pick up more than the limit.By combining our joint bags at one common spot, it saves 50% of truck stops increasing profit for waste haulers and helps us put our overages out...which is rare.
On average each home here produces one black garbage bag per week. The bulk of the garbage is sorted into green bin (kitchen food waste for composting), blue bin (cans, glass bottles, plastics) and finally cardboard/papers. Extra "junk" is picked up only once a year per home.