Recycling Bin Pick-Up??

[HoustonRonnie]

Originally Posted by juilletdix

You don't get it. I'm not trying to teach anyone a lesson. There is just a limit to my patience. I am just ticked off that my (legitimate recyclables, cleaned and sorted, in the bin) got left on the curb for no apparent reason! I did my part; but I can't leave the bin on the curb any longer; people are dropping their bags of dog s%$t in there and I'm certainly not going to leave it in my garage until the next pick up in January. Into the regular trash it goes.

Here's an idea. Ask you neighbor if you can put yours alongside theirs.

Ronnie

[jaydes]

I love having the regular sized green recycling trash can. When we had the bins living in the heights there was always a problem. they would spill stuff,leave it on the street,my final straw was when i saw the throw and bust my bin on the street. It still had items in it that went all over the ground. I just started taking my own recycles. after we moved the issued the big trash can sized ones LOVE these. I fill it up and my trash one is practically empty. And they give you points.

[heightsian]

Originally Posted by juilletdix

I hear you, but that is just too much of an inconvenience to drive my garbage across town. And I read that you have to have a TX driver's license in order to do that. I still have a month to get that done

I'll do it for the electronics and hazardous stuff, but not for old newspapers and milk containers.

Try the recycling center on Center St just a block off Heights Blvd. It's just a parking lot with the different containers for each type of recyclable. Sometimes the city will have the single stream truck there and they'll take everything except brown glass for some reason. No driver's license needed. The only place I think we needed to show proof of Houston residency was the hazardous waste disposal center and even then, they only asked for a utility bill.