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[Laura W.]

Ok we have two HUGE trash cans but we usually have at least 2 or 3 of the lawn size bags with that. Add the cardboard boxes that everything comes in when you mail order things and you could say we have a lot of trash. The neighbors tease us about it. It was our turn to entertain for Christmas and New years so you should have seen the trash we had then!!!!! I felt guilty - ran out and gave the guy a tip!!! So, how much trash do you put out each week. And for those of you who I see that only have one can!!! How the heck do you do it!!!???
Laura

[luvnwdwgal]

There are three adults in our household and we end up with 1 large bag of garbage each week. We take ours over to my in-laws for pick-up cause they are allowed 6 bags in their BFI container, and they usually only have 1 or 2 themselves. It's very convenient cause they live right around the corner, and DH drives past their house on his way to work. We always flatten and fold the cardboard up so as not to take up that much room and when the weather gets cold we burn it all in the woodburner out in our garage.

[mrsmaup]

2 cans per week. We dont dump our garbage loosley in the cans, everything is bagged, so it takes up quite a bit of space.

[Laura W.]

Oohhh we don't put loose trash in the cans either! Especially with diapers!!!
Laura

[statelady01]

with four kids plus the two of us- we average 3-5 cans a week!

[chezp]

As of next month, we can only put out our wheelie bin (it must be about four foot high) and that's it. Once it's full, the Council won't take any more rubbish - oh and you have to be able to close the lid on your trash too.

[DISNEYGOOF]

About 6 months ago our city changed to once a week
pick up. I thought it would be really bad but it's
not. We have one big cart on wheels for bagged trash,
and one big cart on wheels for recycle stuff. And they
are very specific about what goes in it. If
you put something in it thats not on the list they
can fine you. The news said $2,000. .The
lids on these (like Cheryl's) also have to be closed
b/c the cans are picked up by forks that come off the
truck.

[AKLRULZ]

We have 3 that were issued by our trash company and always have at least 2 filled. It is amazing how much trash a family of 5 with one dog and one rabbit can generate!

After Christmas we had a small landfill outside of our house on trash day!

[FanOfMickey]

With only 2 adults, no kids in our household we only use 1 can,though we do have 2 and occasionally use both.

[kimdisneynut]

2 adults, 1 child here. Trash is picked up on Monday's and Thursday's always 2 filled to the brim.

[Laura W.]

Oh I feel better. I have a family accross the street with 5 and they have one small black trash bag. How is that possible!?

[GoofyMom]

Family of 4 reporting in. We usually only have one garbage bag a week, although occasionally we'll have a second one. Just your regular ordinary size garbage bag that holds about 4 full kitchen-sized bags. We recycle everything we possibly can. We also compost most kitchen scraps, although what doesn't get composted usually gets put down the garborator.

I think one major thing is that we don't have diapers anymore!

[Laura W.]

Hmmmmm, do you think my neighbors could be flushing their trash down the toilet. Maybe they're sneaking into my cans (garbage that is!) and putting their trash there!
Oh my I better go to bed, I'm getting kicky!
Laura

[Colexis Mom]

We have a 100 gallon trash can. We usually fill it close to the top every week. We probably go thru a tall kitchen bag every day

[Dumbo]

There are 3 of us and we have about 2 bags a month. We still can burn so that's how we get rid of paper and some boxes. We save some boxes in case we have a need for them. We also recycle.