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Apparently you have to pay your landlord money for waste management to pick up your trash.
All the rent I've paid my entire life has included trash removal, water, snow removal and even gas sometimes.
This new place im looking at has separate charges for everything on top of the $1200 rent for a single bedroom apartment.
Greedy fucks.
TheUglyGuy
In some cases it is part of the city services, but I think that is the exception.
ThatAssholeOverThere
Since garbage collection is something you can choose to have it's a bit obvious it isnt tax funded. The city just chooses the company
mynewcharacter
So the owners of the apartment choose if they want garbage collection for their units and you pay regardless?
ThatAssholeOverThere
If they say it's what you're paying for legally they have to have it
spoontheory
WM is one of the biggest garbage companies, but they do have competition in larger city's. They also contract certain types of refuse for(1)
spoontheory
Different areas of the city. Residential might be contracted for one neighborhood, but open/compete in another. Also commercial and "wet"(2)
spoontheory
Waste contracts can be bid on or assigned annually. Wet waste is like schools, hotels, restaurants, anywhere coalation and/or reclamation(3)
spoontheory
Is basically impossible. Or... wet. Most city's pay other places to take, bury, or burn your waste. Whereas recycling is sold to other (4)
spoontheory
Countries. When i was 20, the buy back rate for cardboard to be shipped to Japan ranged from $45 - $77 per ton, daily. (5)
spoontheory
This is more than anyone will ever need to know about garbage. Let me know if you have any other questions.