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[–] BlastboomStrice@mander.xyz 53 points 10 months ago (62 children)

Isnt throwing garbage free?

(At least here in Greece it is.)

[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 68 points 10 months ago (53 children)

In the USA, you usually pay for garbage collection services which are private companies that provide you trash and recycling bins and they pick them up from your house on a regular schedule, usually once or twice a week. If you live in a rural area, really rural, you might need to handle your own garbage. In these cases you either haul it in your truck to a dump where you either pay a flat rate to dump, or pay by the pound (they weigh your car before and after), or some places allow you burn trash if you’re really in the middle of nowhere.

Sometimes payment for these services is included in rent, HOA fees, or sometimes you hire/pay seperately.

[–] clark@midwest.social 88 points 10 months ago (35 children)

In the USA, you usually pay for garbage collection services which are private companies that provide you trash and recycling bins

what the hell

[–] Magrath@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

You realize your taxes pay for collection too. So you either pay a private company or you pay the government.

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