Monthly Billing for Trash Pick-Up

[sorcerormickey]

Hi Everyone!

If you wouldn't mind sharing, could you please tell me about being billed monthly for trash pick-up where you live? We are currently building a house in Saint Cloud, FL and I have found out that they charge you monthly. This is a foreign concept for me, as our current taxes pay for this service. I am a little concerned about how much $$ this will be taking out of our budget every month.

Please feel free to PM me if you would prefer.

Thanks so much in advance everyone!

 

[newholiday]

I believe we're about $25 per month for biweekly

 

[swea_pea1]

We pay quarterly and it ends up being less than $20/month for a weekly pick-up.

Call around for the best rates, but be sure you know what you're getting. Some companies around here will only pick up x amount of bags per week, while others are unlimited. Some will pick up leaves any time during the year, some will only do it in September - November (although in FL you may not have that problem). We picked one that would pick up boxes (some won't, only bags of trash) because we knew we'd have a ton of boxes when we moved in as well as at Christmastime, birthdays, etc. We found the larger companies to be more expensive than the smaller ones, but had more flexibility in what they'll pick up.

 

[dandave]

Our trash is picked up twice a week for $20 a month.

 

[lynxstch]

and we pay $15 a month for once a week trash pickup!

 

[Pluto2003]

for a 96 gallon tote. Nothing outside the tote as it is picked up by truck not a person. It is also billed with other city services here.
Once a week pick up. Have lived where there was twice a week and I do miss that.........

 

[wuv tigger]

Here in VA it is $58 a quarter for 2 pickups per week, or you can take it to the dump yourself for about $3.

David

 

[rasnlms]

Here in NY it is included in our taxes. In PA we pay about $75 per quarter for weekly pickup.

 

[mum4jenn]

I think we pay around $15 a month for once a week pick up.

 

[iNTeNSeBLue98]

My landlord is billed about $35 quarterly for trash pickup, recycling $25/year. I add $8 per month to my rent payment to cover trash pickup. Another tenant, I assume, also pays a share of the bill, which I guess is the same as ours for the other unit. The is collection provided through the city. You could also hire a private collector.

 

[dejr_8]

Small Town in Northern MA...

We pay $40 for a dump sticker (to let us enter the transfer station) and have to purchase 30 gallon trash bags from the town for $1 each.

Items such as wood, carpet, metal, furniture, etc require an extra charge. Generally a pick-up bed full of "construction stuff" runs about $20.

 

[Aprille]

We live in a rural community with no city services. We pay a private company quarterly for trash pick up twice a week. It works out to about $19 per month.

 

[Pam]

Rural area here in Penna. We pay $11.00 a month for weekly trash pick-up. We are allowed 2 trash cans.

 

[luv2nascar]

I think ours around $80-$90 a quarter for weekly pickup of unlimited trash and recycling
I think that is expensive and compared what some others are paying it does seem high?
go figure

 

[disneyluvers]

We get charged $18 monthly for our pick-up. It's a private hauler and I've found that those are cheaper than the bigger outfits. Our hauler also takes any recyclables every week and I can call them the day before trash day and arrange for an extra pick-up of odd sized junk (like a box of broken up toys or old suitcases, etc.).

 

[airhead]

...and lots of rules about what we put out!

 

[pjlla]

We pay $15/mo for weekly p/u. For an additional $2/week he will come right up to the garage so you don't have to take it to the street! He will take almost anything, as long as he is not going to be charged to dispose of it at the dump himself (such as pressure treated lumber and large quantities of construction debris and tires). We could take it to the dump ourselves (the regular trash) for free. Really nice young guy with a family who owns the business.... we know him from church. I'm sure there are weeks where he is AMAZED how much trash we create! (We are amazed also!).............................P

 

[nealymouse]

We take our own to the town dump for free each week. If we hired a service I think its $3.00 a week once a week.
It does cost to dump things like mattress's stoves fridges, tires. $5.00 each and up depending what you are dumping.

 

[Feralpeg]

We get two free bags a week. It costs $1 for each additional bag. Every other week, we can put out a recycle bin with cans and cardboard items. I pay $80 a year to have yard waste removed. They come once a week and I can have up to 10 paper bags of grass.

 

[Lachesis00]

$78/3 months, once a week pick up.