Off Topic question for Ontario people - Page 2

meow_mix450 · 12-30-04, 03:33 PM

I could udnerstand why people would be complaning when it rises to 2 bucks. I watched the news a while ago and if you do illgeal dumping of garbage bags they will search your garbage, find your address then knock on your door and give you a fine. Not pretty. Here we dont really have a limit. Maybe 5 bags im not sure. But it only comes every other week. We have those green bins and they come everyweek to get those.(green bin are food waste). Scarborough were the gini pigs to see if it was sucessful and it was.

But what if you have a big family? Do they care?

Meow

Jayson · 12-30-04, 03:33 PM

marisa

I find it hard to believe that you produce more then 2 bags of non recyclable garbage per week. I have a family of 4 and we produce about 3/4 bags per week. Most garbage is recycleable if people take time to sorte it out.

To answer your question we get 1 free per week then $1 per bag after. We just got garbage pick up this year, before this it was $1 per bag and we had to get it to the dump our selves. we are in a very small community north of peterborough ont.

marisa · 12-30-04, 03:36 PM

We not only sort out of recycle but we also sort out what we can compost ON TOP of recycle in the blue box!

When you add in my reptile garbage from over 20 reptiles on paper towel susbtrate, and my roomate also keeps reptiles, and you add four people working and eating out then you can EASILY have more than two bags.

We put out between 3-5 per week.

Marisa

Double J · 12-30-04, 04:01 PM

Marisa, have you ever considered burning the paper towels that you use with your reptiles?

Is that possible where you live?

Bruce · 12-30-04, 04:07 PM

$2 a bag in Kenora, no freebies. If you drive to the dump they charge by the weight. Anyone know where you can buy those hand operated aluminum can crushers?

marisa · 12-30-04, 04:07 PM

No definitly not.

I would LOVE to burn the paper stuff but we live in a suburb. If I let a match go to long lighting my smoke on a the porch the neighbors call the fire department.

We are allowed a fire by permit, less than a foot by one foot, for cooking food only.

Marisa

JAdkins2451 · 12-30-04, 04:07 PM

Where I live you can Have 4bags A week.

mykee · 12-30-04, 06:42 PM

Marisa; funny you should mention the dump, because I make a trip a week to the dump for my rat bedding (5+ bags). I simply refuse, legal or not, to put 5 or more bags of soiled aspen shavings at my sidewalk, last thing I would need is for a raccoon or a skunk to rip open a bag and let out my dirty little secret. At the dump, you get weighed on a big truck scale, and as long as your load is under 50 kg's (110 lbs) you're trip is free.

Matt_K · 12-30-04, 07:03 PM

Marisa, we're allowed unlimited here right now.. In 2005 it's three bags and each additional is $1.. The only reason it's changing here is because a new company got the contract for our area..

-Matt

Mark · 12-30-04, 07:29 PM

I go through 6 large trash bags of rodent garbage a week and then the house garbage on top of that. On bad weeks I can have upwards of 12 bags and lumber on occasions. Thankfuly I'm in a town of 4000 and nobody really cares what you do. Although a $1 a bag cost is still reasonable in my mind. For myself I'd rather just pay off the garbage collectors then have to drive to the dump even if it is free for 110lbsw

CamHanna · 12-30-04, 07:55 PM

Can you compost the paper towels? In the spring, summer and fall I compost all of my snake/rat substrate along with other organic waste in an 5'x5'x5' bin which saves alot of space in the burn-barrel and consequently in the dump.

RepTylE · 12-31-04, 01:56 PM

No additional charge here, taxes pay for the service so technically it isn't free. They will take large items like old dressers and mattresses too instead of waiting for bulk trash days but I doubt that the handlers are happy with that.
At any rate there has been no mention of charges for additional bags.

BornboreD · 12-31-04, 02:01 PM

When I used to live in Orillia, they ahd a tag system. You had to buy garbage tags that cost $7 for 5 tags, (maybe 6). These tags were also hard to track down cause you could only get them at a few select locations, which never advertised that they had em.

Trash removal would only take bags with tags, and would just leave any that didn't have them. Orillia, also had alot of really strict recycling policies, when not followed properly would end up in it just being left as well.

I now live in Barrie, but in an apartment building so garbage removal is free for me, not sure about others.

marisa · 12-31-04, 02:04 PM

Well I am planning on switching to carefresh.

It's expensive, but it will need a "full" change less than paper towels, and it's biodegradable to the point you can flush small amounts down the toliet. I think I will buy another compost barrel for carefresh specifically and then use it as multch.

*sigh* Remember way back when it was still o.k. to eat a burger in a stryofoam box? LOL

Marisa