• KᑌᔕᕼIᗩ@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    I wish my mom actually followed though on sending my brussels sprouts to the starving kids via mail when I was a kid because it would have been hilarious.

    • carl_dungeon@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      In the USA, you usually pay for garbage collection services which are private companies that provide you trash and recycling bins and they pick them up from your house on a regular schedule, usually once or twice a week. If you live in a rural area, really rural, you might need to handle your own garbage. In these cases you either haul it in your truck to a dump where you either pay a flat rate to dump, or pay by the pound (they weigh your car before and after), or some places allow you burn trash if you’re really in the middle of nowhere.

      Sometimes payment for these services is included in rent, HOA fees, or sometimes you hire/pay seperately.

      • webhead@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        That’s weird. Not sure where you are. Where I live the city just adds it to the utility bill (trash, sewer, and water). That sounds like it’s probably expensive. Fuck that.

      • Wild Bill@midwest.social
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        2 years ago

        In the USA, you usually pay for garbage collection services which are private companies that provide you trash and recycling bins

        what the hell

        • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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          2 years ago

          This varies heavily by location. I’m not sure “usually” comes into it. In and around cities it’s not uncommon for the city government to handle trash collection. Farther out into the 'burbs or in rural locations you might have to hire a private trash company.

      • grue@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        Sometimes payment for these services is included in rent, HOA fees, or sometimes you hire/pay seperately.

        Or included in property tax, because (as a matter of public health) they really don’t want anybody to be able to avoid paying it.

        In my city, it’s a flat fee per residence (as opposed to scaling with the millage rate), so it’s broken out on a separate line-item. It’s a little over $500/year.