“Yard waste in bags will not be taken” (Neptune yard waste collection rules for 2016)
I know a Grover who put out about 8 black bags filled with yard waste. He put them out for regular pickup. The trash men opened a bag and found yard waste. So they left his bags there at the curb and dropped off a schedule.
When I decided to do some yard work, I sort of remembered that you could put out your yard waste in green pails. So I put out my green pails filled with yard waste along with the regular garbage, but the trash department rejected my submission also.
Life is filled with inevitable failures, and we all must accept that reality, but to be rejected by the trash men, well that is humiliating; especially since the trash men are not known as people who reject trash. They usually are pretty accepting and reliable guys and not very fussy in their work. In fact, they are, I suspect, very highly rated among the citizens when compared to other municipal employees, especially those who are in management. We should do a poll comparing the popularity of the trash men with the members of the Neptune Committee.
My point is illustrated by this story: A woman who, dressed in her bathrobe, with her hair in curlers and a mud pack on her face, hears the garbage truck on her street, so she grabs her trash and runs after the truck. She cries out, “Hey trash men; am I too late for the trash?”
They answer her, “No lady, jump right in.” So you see, trash men are usually quite accommodating.
You will notice that the schedule says, “Place reusable containers at the curb by 6 am on the dates below:” But most of the dates are on Sunday, and as they say, “Never on Sunday.” And one date is on Labor Day. So, probably all the dates that are on Sunday should be Monday. The trash business can get pretty complicated.
So, what is the solution? Below are the rules which we had previously posted, but some of us missed the memo or forgot the memo.
But, as a plan B, you can always bring your yard waste to the recycling center on Heck Avenue near the Intermediate School. There, if you can prove that you are a Neptuner, they will offer you a place to dump your yard waste, but not in bags.
So ladies, here’s a strategy to get the trash man’s attention. Can you do an impression of Marlene Dietrich? (From Woody’s film Scenes From a Mall)
Am I missing something here? You put out the yard waste at the right time and it gets picked up! If you don’t it doesn’t.
Thanks for sharing Paul. In awe that Neptune designed a schedule graphic that was actually easy to read AND made sense.
Thank you for honoring the garbage men…they deserve it. Last week I saw a Public Works truck in a Bradley Beach convenience store parking lot. I was looking for a particular address in town and thought I could grab a pack of gum and ask the Public Works guy if he new the address I was looking for. As I entered the store an older man wearing shorts and a t-shirt was exiting. I asked him “Are you the Public Works guy?” He responded “No, I’m a lawyer, NOT a garbage man…you must be confused because of the way I’m dressed”. Well, not only was I blindsided but the actual Public Works guy overheard what he said. Yikes! The conversation that took place after that would have to be edited so I’ll leave that up to the imagination. Anyway…as I said, thank you for honoring the garbage men 🙂
I put yard waste out in the green recycling buckets Sunday night on the dates listed for north of Main. They have been very good about picking it up sometime in the day on Monday – even if your green buckets aren’t marked with the brown Yard Waste sticker . But don’t wait until Monday morning to put it out — they may come by very early! Your yard waste was not picked up because you put it out with the trash — they shouldn’t mix them. Previous years, they would do that and it irritated me — why should we go to the effort to separate out the yard waste if they were just going to mix it with the regular trash? I think it’s all been working much better this summer since they make a good effort to pick it up Monday before the trash is picked up Tuesday.
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