Trash Pickup
Jul. 18th, 2020 05:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walkitoutI know, you are thinking, what could that mean!?!
Just what it says. We live in a place where you get to deal with your garbage yourself. You can take it to the town transfer station — but you have to buy a sticker to use it. Alternatively, you can pay a private hauler. In our case, because _I believe in commodification so so much_, we pay Waste Management. Other people in our neighborhood use Republic (because, duh, Coke and Pepsi) and Mr. Trashman (the local, dare I say it, artisanal option).
Anyway. Our trash day is Thursday. For some weeks now, we have not actually had the trash picked up on Thursday, but received an email saying, uh, yeah, we’ll be there Friday. This week, we got that email and, bonus! Extra special! just for us! Ok, probably not. We’ll be there Saturday, and, fortunately, they were. Because otherwise maybe we, too, would be looking into the local, artisanal option.
Why is this happening?
My money is on: overwhelmed because of C19, since that is the answer to every question. Let’s ask google!
Link fu!
In Philadelphia:
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/coronavirus-philly-trash-pickup-schedule-delayed-recycling-philadelphia-20200717.html
In Sarasota County:
https://www.yoursun.com/englewood/sarasota-co-suspends-yard-waste-pickups/article_adee911c-c865-11ea-9692-2b768f26956f.html
There is a theme! (The Arlington county, VA problem seems to be an electrical outage? Really?!? https://www.arlnow.com/2020/07/13/arlington-residential-trash-collection-delayed/) In general, volume of pickup is up 25%-50% vs year ago, thus, routes are taking longer to run and require more equipment. Basically, overwhelmed due to C19, with a little sprinkling of people who are quarantining because of exposure.
Just what it says. We live in a place where you get to deal with your garbage yourself. You can take it to the town transfer station — but you have to buy a sticker to use it. Alternatively, you can pay a private hauler. In our case, because _I believe in commodification so so much_, we pay Waste Management. Other people in our neighborhood use Republic (because, duh, Coke and Pepsi) and Mr. Trashman (the local, dare I say it, artisanal option).
Anyway. Our trash day is Thursday. For some weeks now, we have not actually had the trash picked up on Thursday, but received an email saying, uh, yeah, we’ll be there Friday. This week, we got that email and, bonus! Extra special! just for us! Ok, probably not. We’ll be there Saturday, and, fortunately, they were. Because otherwise maybe we, too, would be looking into the local, artisanal option.
Why is this happening?
My money is on: overwhelmed because of C19, since that is the answer to every question. Let’s ask google!
Link fu!
In Philadelphia:
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/coronavirus-philly-trash-pickup-schedule-delayed-recycling-philadelphia-20200717.html
In Sarasota County:
https://www.yoursun.com/englewood/sarasota-co-suspends-yard-waste-pickups/article_adee911c-c865-11ea-9692-2b768f26956f.html
There is a theme! (The Arlington county, VA problem seems to be an electrical outage? Really?!? https://www.arlnow.com/2020/07/13/arlington-residential-trash-collection-delayed/) In general, volume of pickup is up 25%-50% vs year ago, thus, routes are taking longer to run and require more equipment. Basically, overwhelmed due to C19, with a little sprinkling of people who are quarantining because of exposure.