Bring out your trash!**

[on-reserve.livejournal.com]

Better throw your trash away before January 1st!

# Trash stored in other non-regulation barrels or unapproved containers will be considered bulk items: they will be disposed of, but will be considered in violation and ticketed appropriately.

Containers put out for pickup may not exceed 50 pounds when full;

What counts as trash? Does furniture? What about furniture too large to fit in an approved container? What constitutes and approved container? Will landlords be required to supply these new approved containers?

How would you know if your trash exceeds 50 pounds if the container is on wheels? Again what about a heavy piece of furniture or other trash? Now what? Is there a place to bring it to if it won't be picked up?

**In an approved container.

Comments

What about paper recycling?

[obie119.livejournal.com]

The law says all paper-recycling must be stacked and firmly tied. Are they serious? I am afraid this could lead to less recycling because of the hassle...

Re: What about paper recycling?

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

Not quite.

The law says that magazines, newspaper, and corrugated cardboard may be bundled and tied.

The law doesn't mention other recyclable paper except to define it, so whatever the previous ordinances say about paper recycling still hold. (I'm going to be generous and assume that's the same as the information in the recycling fliers the city sends us.)

I think the previous regulations didn't say magazines could be bundled, so this is offering more options.

Re: What about paper recycling?

[ron_newman]

I just put all newspapers, magazines, junk mail, and random office paper in brown paper bags. The recyclers have always taken it.

Re: What about paper recycling?

[readsalot.livejournal.com]

That's what I do with paper, too. Boxes get broken down and tied into bundles, because the different sizes are otherwise hard to handle.