Trash compactors, anyone?

[daveamkrayoguy]

I had some friends that had a compactor---a free-standing Whirlpool, in Avocado green, to match the rest of their appliances...

Fell into great disuse, maybe because it broke or just tired of the need to buy the special bags, and more efficient and mass means of recycling in those '90's came into effect...

So compacting dry materials is the way to go if you want your compactor to stay clean, and you can still keep from having massive heaps of trash to put out...

I try to have a heavy object such as toilet paper wrappings to serve as a lid in each of our big wastebaskets to keep our garbage mashed down and serve as a lid, though the kitchen has its own lid, so there's a nonrecyleble styrofoam egg carton to mash the trash, but now egg cartons are cardboard so something else needs to be used and I try to throw out as little as possible...

As for returnable cans and bottles, I don't see why the effort is needed to levy 10-cents on those, I hate the smelly garbage that seems to accumulate that those have to be carried in,and most-likely causes more waste...

So I bear with the environmental fee, and recycle them in my bin, till we wake up and abolish that futile system, that can recycle (pun intended?) without all that added promotion anyway...

-- Dave

 

[askolover]

I've had one for 23 years and won't be without one.  Wet, smelly trash immediately is taken out to the curb.  Only compactable trash is put in the compactor.  I get the paper bags at walmart and they last a long time.  I only empty it once a month or 6 weeks.  It's mostly paper and cardboard, pepsi cartons, etc. My original was a Kenmore in white. Bought it as a factory serviced with warranty from local Sears at the mall.  Then when I changed back to black appliances I found a KA one on CL for $50.  It was practically unused so I got it and tried to give my white one away but no one wanted it.  Sent it to Goodwill.  The black one is still doing fine.  I'd love to have one of the Hobart KA compactors from days gone by....

 

[sudsmaster]

Where I live, we don't have a choice about garbage service. It's built into the property tax bill. $400 sounds about right; I'd have to go fetch a bill or go on line.