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RE: Sublime Sunday a trashy Post
Yes here where I live in CT they also only pick up normal trash bags and recycling bigger stuff is picked up on two days a year unlike NYC where it seems to be they pick up everything
Thanks for your kind comment
Here in NM, you have to take the "bigger stuff" to the "transfer station." That's a place where they segregate out furniture, appliances, tools, etc. God knows what's done with it then, but at least you get rid of it. There is a local guy who makes the rounds every few weeks and will take scrap metal for recycling. You put your broken dishwasher, clothes dryer, hot water heater, etc. out by the mailbox -- and pretty soon, it disappears.
We had someone steal our old hot water heater right out of our front yard once before we could get around to hauling it off. On the one hand, it saved us the trouble of dealing with it. On the other hand, it was kind of creepy to think not only did someone know it was there -- because it wasn't real visible from the road ... but they managed to make off with it and we never heard a thing -- despite the fact we are home almost constantly.
We have bulk pickup twice a year where you can put out the big stuff or if you need to get rid of it at other times we also have a transfer station that you can take it to.
That is kind of creepy that someone took it without you even knowing