Submitted by carrythekindness t3_10o8l09 in washingtondc
ekkidee t1_j6en48c wrote
And do not EVER dump your shit in someone else's trash bin. It is YOUR shit so please deal with it properly and don't make it someone else's problem.
/rant
Hills_Dweller_22305 t1_j6enm0t wrote
Interesting. Where I live, the bins are public, owned and provided by the city. How does one acquire a "private" trash can in DC? IS this an HOA or apartment thing?
ekkidee t1_j6fqplp wrote
It's a city bin but it's assigned to a household, so it's not "private."
If someone dumps their dogshit in the bin, it falls to the bottom and it is not collected by the city. It then sits there until someone in the household goes in and fishes it out.
Yeah. No. Dog walkers are making their dogshit my problem. Fuck that all week long.
The end.
JustHereForCookies17 t1_j6es56t wrote
I'm not who you asked, but I believe that most single-family homes and similar dwellings (duplexes, rowhouses, etc.) are typically provided with a trashcan & recycling bin by DC govt. In my neighborhood the weekly pick-up is from the alley, so lots of folks leave their bins in the alley 24/7. I'm assuming u/ekkidee is referencing a similar set-up.
Personally, I'm torn on this particular circumstance. If the trash collectors dump the entire can/bin into the truck, then a couple loose poop bags shouldn't really matter. But if they instead grab the bags by hand & toss them into the truck, then those little poop bags will usually get left behind, sometimes for weeks, and that's a very unpleasant smell, especially in the summer. Obviously trash rarely smells good, but aged dog poop is it's own special level of yuck.
ekkidee t1_j6fqtd3 wrote
>But if they instead grab the bags by hand & toss them into the truck,
That is exactly what happens. And I don't leave bins in the alley; the dumping seems to happen on trash collection days.
JustHereForCookies17 t1_j6ftuh8 wrote
Totally fair. I've grown up with dogs in addition to being a paid dogwalker, and I hear you.
I wish there was more consistency in how the cans were emptied, so that walkers could use any old bin & it wouldn't affect the bin owners like yourself. But heaven knows I'm not about to try & tell garbage collectors how to do their jobs.
IDK if it would solve anything, but if you feel so inclined, you could put a "No Poop Bags, Please" sign on the inside of your trashcan lid. Some people genuinely might not realize that the bags are grabbed individually, rather than the whole can getting upended into the garbage truck.
Edit: actually, this would be a great opportunity for an XKCD-esque diagram illustrating why you don't want poop bags in your bin. Should such a sign be necessary? Ehhh, probably not. Could it be effective? I'd like to think so, but I'm an optimist. YMMV.
ekkidee t1_j6fznwd wrote
Honestly I wouldn't mind at all if the bins were totally emptied. You know, out of sight, out of mind. It's gone when I roll 'em back up to the rear.
+1 on the XKCD thing.
carrythekindness OP t1_j6eo6nq wrote
At the end of the day as long as it ends up in waste I’m good
[deleted] t1_j6fqe12 wrote
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Zwicker101 t1_j6f6i66 wrote
But if it's going into the trash either way?
ekkidee t1_j6fr1fn wrote
It's not. City trash collectors grab the bags one by one and toss them into the truck. That causes the poop bags to fall to the bottom, uncollected. I can't blame the collectors because the bins are too heavy to pick up as a unit, and there is no equipment to grab the whole thing and turn it upside down.
Zwicker101 t1_j6gf3ww wrote
So then if they tie the bags, then it's fine?
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