I've heard that rules like that are in place to keep people from saving money and just dumping their trash in the back yard. It is ridiculous that they've mandated a (probably pricey) weekly pickup! -Seth Maria P wrote: > That's outrageous! We only take our trash to the curb every 2 or 3 > weeks as we compost, recycle & freecycle. Granted, we still pay for it, > so I imagine there's no grounds for complaints from the waste company on > that one. I had thought about canceling the pick up service & just > taking the 1 bag or so a week or so to the recycling center & paying the > nominal house waste disposal fee. Some places are definitely sending > the wrong message! --Maria > > On Jan 30, 2008 9:59 AM, Christopher Hickman <tophu@xxxxxxx > <mailto:tophu@xxxxxxx>> wrote: > > Well, this is lame: > > http://www.examiner.com/a-1187195~City_sues_man_for_canceling_trash_service.html > <http://www.examiner.com/a-1187195%7ECity_sues_man_for_canceling_trash_service.html> > _______________________________________________ > Eco mailing list > Eco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Eco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/eco > > > > > -- > I know who I am. No one else knows who I am. If I was a giraffe, and > someone said I was a snake, I'd think, no, actually I'm a giraffe. - > Richard Gere > Sometimes the mind, for reasons we don't necessarily understand, just > decides to go to the store for a quart of milk. > - Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider > > Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! :) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Eco mailing list > Eco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/eco