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Tounge in cheek, but what garbage can?, why not do what us west coast folks do, throw the edible waste out in the yard for the critters (deer, possum, coons, cats*, crows mainly). Everything else gets into the recycle bins. Non-recyclable goes into the back of the pickup and into the trash bins next to the gas pumps when getting gas.
*cats - essential ingredients to keep the rats away, coyotes to keep the cats in check, a neighbor keeps about 12 feral cats around with tender vittles treats.
I live in town. Oddly enough if you want to recycle you have to pay extra. And they'll screw the recycle pickup up everytime.
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. Oscar Wilde./
Edited 9/19/2005 10:03 pm ET by Gunner
Funny how localities work.
You would have a challenge hiding all the recycle containers here.
Out here, if you do NOT recycle, they wont take the garbage can.
May get annexed to a next door burg that has a typical west coast blue state rate structure, which is: Paid Pickup mandatory, but they will leave it on the curb if recyclables in the 'garbage, but do provide 3 free pickup 2 cu ft containers, 1 ea for glass and cans, one for plastic, and one for unsoiled paper, after that a mandatory minimum 10 gal can is $7 mo, progressive rate till 2ea 30 gal cans run one about $50 mo for pickup. If you take your dump truck to the station, it is over $72/ton, and that was 8 years ago.
OTHOH, steel recycling now pays about $35 ton here (lowest inthe country am told) compared to nobody would take it without paying them 15 years ago.
edit BTW screwing up the recycle - unless it is near an election, the garbage trucks are often seen to throw the recyclables in with everything else ???
Edited 9/19/2005 10:50 pm ET by junkhound
"edit BTW screwing up the recycle - unless it is near an election, the garbage trucks are often seen to throw the recyclables in with everything else ??? "
That's what my mom found out when she actualy paid to recycle. Thought she was doing her civic duty.
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. Oscar Wilde./
There's a guy in west Texas that is such a recycle supporter that he actually pays to ship his recyclables to a friend in Austin to dispose of.
Just thought I'd throw that in the can.
Sorry, but no help on the design of your corral.
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.
I think your post should have been recycled, not thrown in the can!Griff
Installed, alongside driveway, a 3 sided shiny white solid plastic 5' fence from Lowes, over brick laid in sand base, as per HO's request. Open at top. Fence blocks most of view from street and next door neighbor. Area open on side closest to house. No gate. Garbage cans are stood up next to one another within the confines of the fence. He then planted some evergreens around the 3 sides of the outside to soften image.
Doesn't look too bad, although I could have done w/o the shiny white plastic. HO reports no problem with wind blowing empty cans around, but if it's forecast to be a really big wind storm (N'oreaster type) he stretches rubber straps across entrance to be sure. HO now wants electric light on pole installed for night time illumination for late night before pickup dump runs - the kind that stays on lower voltage all night till it senses movement and then goes to full illumination. Told him to get an electrician for that.
This what you had in mind? Sorry, no photo.
Drew up a trashcan storage area along with other plans for a client a few months ago. He's renovating some townhouses and needed it for the future residents. The design was the same as the wood fencing for everyone's back porch area, and needed to pass a local commission's approval first.
It did (and then after he got everything he asked for, the 'client' weaseled out of his bill).
Is there anything design-wise you can refer to? Existing fencing, porches, colors, materials, landscaping, etc.? Critters a problem? Security an issue? (i.e., will neighborhood kids want to use it as a playhouse? Or will bad guys see it as a convenient hiding place?). Any local commissions, review boards, zoning ordinances, etc. to throw a wrench into everything? Just some thoughts.
Good point. I'll snap a picture latter today and get back to you.
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. Oscar Wilde./
On either "The New Yankee Workshop" or "This Old House", Norm Abrams built a very nice one. Plans were available at the time I saw that show (a year or so ago?--maybe two).