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Today, I found out why..........
crims40
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......there is so much trash and junk dumped on our county roads. I have two TV's, 19inch & 25inch, that are kaput! I called the local landfill to get an estimate on the cost of dumping them. The person in charge replied with, $66.23 plus weight!At first I thought I didn't hear her right and I made her repeat it two more times. Of course, this made her angry because it must have pushed her mental capacity to the limit to remember that figure three times in a row. When I knew she was good and angry I told her that I didn't want them fixed, I just wanted to dump them.....she hung up. Now, I have to wait and dump them one at a time because I know this large blonde lady and I think she might jerk me out of the cab of my truck and beat the snot out of me when I go.
Anyway, are dump fees in your area out of hand like this? Or are they free or what? Do TVs require full HAZMAT suits to handle for these people? Just curious.........[:D][:D]
Anyway, are dump fees in your area out of hand like this? Or are they free or what? Do TVs require full HAZMAT suits to handle for these people? Just curious.........[:D][:D]
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JC
Ted Kennedy's breath has killed more people than my car.
col elect1mike Illinois
volinters RRG
I am a man but I can change if I have to,I guess.
[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D] That was good...[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]
"Keep dangereous weapons out of the hands of fools-start with computers"
Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia:
"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms. . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man."
Appliances and tires are, but TV's are not extra here.
The gene pool needs chlorine.
Dangest thing I got into was at my old house. It was shingled with abestos siding. Good stuff in its day, but wife wanted to replace with vinyl. I figured "No problem." Couldn't find a dang soul around here to remove the old abestos siding without charging a huge haz-mat fee. Couldn't dump it myself either without paying a huge fee. Finally took it off the house myself. I lived in town at the time and they had curb-side trash pick up. Every week for about the next 2 months, both of my trash cans were 1/2 full of abestos siding! Never heard a word about.
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
DWS, Good one![:D]
Big Daddy my heros have always been cowboys,they still are it seems
Of course my property taxes run better than $5,000 a year so you could say that we are paying for the service wheather we use it or not.
If you only have time to do two things so-so, or one thing well ... do the one thing!
Our trash disposal company here at work will allow tires IF we cut the bead out.We don't have a lot of tires to dispose of so it's not a big deal to do one or two at a time.
Our county has started fining the h*ll out if people if they catch them dumping stuff in the ditch,but they just keep on doin' it.[V][V]
BW
IT'S WHAT PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THEMSELVES THAT MAKES THEM AFRAID.
There is a limit on how much you can bring at any one time.
Also why would we have to pay a fee for tires. We pay a fee when we buy the tires for disposal cost and some tire dealers charge you another fee to take the tires when you buy new one. Sounds like a racket to me.
When you wrestle a 'gator, there ain't no good end!!
"Molon Labe!" Spartan General-King Leonidas
Same thing here, but they do it spring and fall. Appliances cost $10 to get rid of.
Around here they call it "dumpster diving". Everyone puts their stuff out along the road. A lot of people ride around and check out each others piles, and pick out what they want. Got some good stuff that way.
<P> To each his own
Craig Brosius
"There is nothing lower than the human race - except the French." (Mark Twain)
Dumps are free here. County has one big landfill, and several others around the county that are drop-off spots. Basically, large lots with dumpsters. Refrigerators and the like, there is a county run recycling yard. If you can drag it in, they take it for free.
Dangest thing I got into was at my old house. It was shingled with abestos siding. Good stuff in its day, but wife wanted to replace with vinyl. I figured "No problem." Couldn't find a dang soul around here to remove the old abestos siding without charging a huge haz-mat fee. Couldn't dump it myself either without paying a huge fee. Finally took it off the house myself. I lived in town at the time and they had curb-side trash pick up. Every week for about the next 2 months, both of my trash cans were 1/2 full of abestos siding! Never heard a word about.
Non-friable asbestos, such as siding, can go into the construction and demolition pits without needing a permit from 'our' state. Handling and disposal of the friable has become a racket and needs to be permitted.
,,,sod