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[–] 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

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 10 points 10 months ago (7 children)

In Australia we pay about $700 a year to the local government to collect the bins

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 5 points 10 months ago (5 children)

*council. It's part of your rates. My last were like $150 for recyc/garbage/green

[–] Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is a council not a government?

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Governing body, certainly. In vic, they're considered a low tier of govt. In NSW they're actually considered 'elected corporate bodies'. It's weird.

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