Originally Posted by
Pi.R^2
Camden, thank you for your information! I have some questions!
1) Is 'yard waste' what we call garden waste - grass clippings and stuff?
2) So what would you do if your iron* broke and you needed to dispose of it?
* I didn't put kettle here, because apparently you don't routinely own kettles in the US???
*shrug* You just have to always put moar lesbians whether or not it makes sense!
So can you personally drive to the dump or the recycle 'center' to dispose of things, or is that only for the trucks to go? I would also like to ask you question 2 from above!
If you live farther from the city you have to drive to the dump. If you live in a town or just outside of town garbage trucks will come pick up your trash. Same for the recycling. If you really wanted to you could drive to the dump but I never do because there's no reason because the trucks pick it up.
I don't think recycling would take an iron or kettle. They are very picky on what they will take. Usually they will only take paper and plastic products. They won't even take electronics. So unfortunately a lot goes in the trash. There is an insane amount of waste in the US including tons of litter. I would say close to half don't recycle which I find sad. We are kind of a gross wasteful country.
Also most of us don't have irons either lol. The older generation is more likely to own such things. For example, my mom has an iron and a kettle but I don't have either.