“Bizarre concept for us backward hillbillies.”
Well, up until 1980, we burned most of our trash down at my Grand-Mother’s farm, and composted everything else.
When I lived in the city (Arlington, Texas), there was a garbage charge on our monthly water bill.
And now that I finally got back to the country, we burn the paper/cardboard stuff and contracted with a local garbage company to pick up everything else.
Who would have EVER thought that you had to pay someone to handle your own trash?!?! /s
I’m into total recylcing myself. I take the beer bottles and aluminum cans to the recycle bins in town and return the paper, plastics, etc back to their original state in the 55 gallon burn barrel behind the pole barn. The organic waste goes down the garbage disposal. All of the other stuff gets thrown into the dumpster at work on the weekends. The thought of acutally PAYING someone to handle my trash really never entered my mind.
I still burn paper and cardboard. Kitchen waste goes out behind the garage. I share trash pick up costs with the neighbor.