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by: FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Aug 30, '16 8:41am  
Just 30 seconds ago, I watched the Recycling truck empty my recycling bin, which then FELL INTO THE TRUCK. Right out of the arm thing that picks it up and empties it.I was expecting the driver to come out and fetch it, but nope, drove off.Wonder how I get another one. 4951
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BooBear Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 7 years ago   Aug 30, '16 8:45am  
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FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Aug 30, '16 8:48am  
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@BooBear: Then I would have to talk to someone, can't you just email them 
 
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~ 7 years ago   Aug 30, '16 9:12am  
Then I would have to talk to someone, can't you just email them 
 
@FoFa: a website for the city called seeclickfix.com  It actually seems to work to get things done, maybe
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FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Aug 30, '16 9:21am  
FoFa: a website for the city called seeclickfix.com  It actually seems to work to get things done, maybe
 
@Andreweggplant: Naw, I'll put the wife on it, she likes to talk. As soon as she wakes up that is....
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~ 7 years ago   Aug 30, '16 10:17am  
In SWH we have Best Trash, the recycling is included in our HOA fees and they pick up on Saturday. That crew must get to go home early if they get done ahead of schedule because they pick up the recycling as fast as they can. The truck barely slows down as the guys jump off and back on the truck as they toss the stuff int he hopper. I've never understood the all in one container concept. How does it get sorted correctly at the other end. It's not like tin cans or steel that can be magnetically separated. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Aug 30, '16 10:26am  
I've never understood the all in one container concept. How does it get sorted correctly at the other end. It's not like tin cans or steel that can be magnetically separated.
 
@Chrisinkingwood: It is ALL going into the same landfill.
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calguy Active Indicator LED Icon 1
~ 7 years ago   Aug 30, '16 10:35am  
Isn't there a facility where they have people who sort the refuse off a conveyor belt to separate the recyclable items.   Not exactly the type of job I would prefer.  Would you if you were out of work and that was the only thing available?  4951
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~ 7 years ago   Aug 30, '16 10:59am  

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>> I've never understood the all in one container concept. How does it get sorted correctly at the other end. It's not like tin cans or steel that can be magnetically separated.
@Chrisinkingwood: It is ALL going into the same landfill.
@CantStandTex:  I do have to wonder if it really gets sorted and recycled.  My family is from Corpus Christi.  It was found out recently the recycle is just being dumped into the landfill there.  What a waste!
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~ 7 years ago   Aug 30, '16 11:00am  
How does it get sorted correctly at the other end.
 
@Chrisinkingwood: Actually there is a newer (maybe a couple of years old) sorting facility for the City of Houston Recycling.  I have seen it in operation, in addition to people picking out things, there are magnets, grates etc.  Kind of a nasty job though, picking though other people bottles, can etc that may or may not have been rinsed out...
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~ 7 years ago   Aug 30, '16 11:01am  
@FoFa
 
Hahaha!
 
That stinks!
 
BTW, I hate talking to people too! 4951
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TEXASGIRLMAMMA Active Indicator LED Icon 10
~ 7 years ago   Aug 30, '16 11:02am  
Just 30 seconds ago, I watched the Recycling truck empty my recycling bin, which then FELL INTO THE TRUCK. Right out of the arm thing that picks it up and empties it.I was expecting the driver to come out and fetch it, but nope, drove off.Wonder how I get another one.
@FoFa:  The same thing happened to my friend, only it was her garbage can.  It's been almost a month and she still has not received a new can.  
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FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Sep 2, '16 12:22pm  
So, I was coming back from the Asian grocery, coming down Hamblen from 69, and right in front of me is a waste management pickup, filled with empty trash cans, and a couple green recycle bins. It pulled into the convenience store.
So I go home, unload the groceries, eat my banh mi. Check the front, a new recycling bin appeared magically. Emoticon 4951
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