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njphilf
Citizen
Username: Njphilf
Post Number: 84
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 6:45 pm: |     |
Gotta love it. Their service is terrible, they mix recyclables with the regular trash and we get only 2 bulk pick-ups a year. Now the garbage bill I received today went up 8%. Clearly, the price we pay and the service we get are inversely related. Hell, other towns not only have this built into their taxes, they have a bulk pick-up once a month. |
SoOrLady
Citizen
Username: Soorlady
Post Number: 462
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 7:19 pm: | |
Not South Orange - our bulk pick up days are long gone. We can, however, take advantage of "container days" when we can take the stuff we used to put on the curb to the dump - there's a few of them a year. |
cmontyburns
Citizen
Username: Cmontyburns
Post Number: 39
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 8:43 pm: | |
do you know when the next container day is for south orange? (also, where is the dump?) |
SoOrLady
Citizen
Username: Soorlady
Post Number: 463
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 10:34 pm: | |
First one for 2004 is Saturday, April 24 - you can take things to the Department of Public Works Yard at 300 Walton Avenue (the place for recycled items). 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. You'll need two forms of ID. The Gaslight newsletter has a list of permitted and not permitted items. Future dates will also be in the next issue. |
doublea
Citizen
Username: Doublea
Post Number: 538
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2004 - 11:10 pm: | |
cmonty and SoOrLady: You can also call Public Works and schedule a pick-up of larger items (furniture,etc.). I think you have to schedule one-month in advance and the limit is either 2 or 4 items. Call 973-378-7741 for info. |
sullymw
Citizen
Username: Sullymw
Post Number: 233
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 19, 2004 - 1:41 pm: | |
how do I get rid of paint cans in Maplewood? Some still have old, yucky paint in them |
mfpark
Citizen
Username: Mfpark
Post Number: 244
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 19, 2004 - 3:13 pm: | |
Sullymw: The county has one or two hazardous waste dumping days a year--usually announced in the News Record, and also on the County website. The dumpsite is in Verona, I think, or near there.
nj: Landfill costs have increased dramatically this year. I run a commercial building in NYC, and our landfill dumping costs have increased to $72/ton for "mixed" garbage (comparable to household waste). Just a few years back the cost was $50/ton. The new low-cost haulers are actually shipping garbage to landfills in China--the cost in the US is so high that it is cheaper to ship our waste overseas. |
Joan
Citizen
Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 2604
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 19, 2004 - 5:04 pm: | |
sullyw:
If it is a water base paint, just let the water evaporate and throw away the empty cans.
Oil base paint should be taken to the county collection point on hazardous waste days as mfpark suggests. A advertisement for hazardous waste disposal usually runs in the N-R a short time before the actual date. |
jgberkeley
Supporter
Username: Jgberkeley
Post Number: 3524
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, March 19, 2004 - 6:07 pm: | |
sullymw,
Paint. Stack a few cardboard boxes into a nest then pour the paint into and all over the sides of the boxes. Let it dry. Leave the empty cans open and let the dry.
Then toss all into the trash.
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic. |
lamojo
Citizen
Username: Lamojo
Post Number: 82
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Friday, March 19, 2004 - 7:15 pm: | |
i was told by essex co public works to add kitty litter to the latex paints to speed up the drying. |
eb1154
Citizen
Username: Eb1154
Post Number: 300
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, March 20, 2004 - 8:21 pm: | |
The cost for household trash per ton in Essex County is $78. Trash that goes to the landfill is $72 per ton.
This is an increase from last year and that is why WM's bill has increased.
Essex County will be holding 2 Hazardous Waste collection days this year. This is according to an article in the News Record a few weeks back. |
johnny
Citizen
Username: Johnny
Post Number: 844
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 1:32 pm: | |
Just got my bill! Another increase, what a shock. Just another example of a monopoly at work. If Waste Management had to actually worry about competition I don't think my bill would have gone up 8%.
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greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 2119
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 2:11 pm: | |
This is why, if they leave a single bit of garbage, I call and make them come back and get it. I'm paying for it, so I want it done right.
They used to only half-empty the cans. After two years of a supervisor coming out the next day & getting the remainder, they finally started emptying the whole can.
Once I called and told them I would be paying the same proportion of the bill that got emptied from my cans. |
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