Excess City Trash Carts

[jad atoui]

I am not sure how many received the new rodent-proof trash barrels from the city. My association is 3 units so they decided to drop us 3 barrels when we really just needed one for our waste needs. Moreover there is little room in the garbage storage area of our apartment considering the recycling and yard waste barrels. So I have been struggling to have the city to collect the excess barrels from outside my home. The instructions they gave me is to fill out a form and include the serial # of the bins to be reclaimed by the city and the garbage collectors on garbage day will know when they see it to pick it up with them while they are taking the garbage. Its been 4 weeks and the forms didn't make any difference. What recourse do I have? I need to get rid of these barrels and I'm losing hope of this process of them picking it up on garbage day actually working.

Comments

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

Good luck with it - our trash collectors in Ten Hills can't even get all the trash out of the barrels - they've taken to just lifting the top bag out of the barrel, and not checking to see if there's anything else in there.

[smammy]

Grind the serial numbers off and sell them?

[jwg.livejournal.com]

Call the Mayor's office.

[ron_newman]

I'd start with a call to 311, giving them exactly the information you posted here.

[ron_newman]

Someone e-mailed me, asking how to get in touch with you because he would like to take one of those carts off your hands. How can he reach you? I tried sending you a LiveJournal private message, but I have no idea if you received it since you don't have a real LJ account.

[catling42.livejournal.com]

My landlord has had a similar problem having the excess barrels removed. I think they finally took them this week, however, after 15+ phone calls, some emails, and the forms being rained out a few times.