Stupidest thing ever!
Newscum made it a LAW to make everyone have one!
Who has room in their refrigerator???
But it will make the climate “MORE GOODER”.
OMG!
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c
August 9, 2023 - 8:57 AM 8:57 AM
useless.
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Lou
August 9, 2023 - 9:12 AM 9:12 AM
I’m going to keep the cart for other things thanks. I have enough carts to move every week. Ooooh that smell.
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Exit 12A
August 9, 2023 - 9:22 AM 9:22 AM
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What they dont say is that you may be fined if you dont recycle your organics.
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Juryisout
August 9, 2023 - 9:34 AM 9:34 AM
Well I’m happy to say we don’t have this trash service we have Republic Services so I won’t be getting that stupid pail.
Our food scraps go in the regular trash which in turn feeds all the birds and animals and hang around the dumps.
What’s next separating the kleenex we blow our noses with cause the snot causes some gases when it’s in the hot sun at the dump.
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Original G
August 9, 2023 - 9:37 AM 9:37 AM
Hmm, . . . . so how does the little green bin magically limit green house gasses ?
An without bags won’t outside green cart attract ants, flies and roaches ?
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Bean Burner
August 9, 2023 - 9:57 AM 9:57 AM
newsflash- my green bin has always been my organics bin.
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JG27 AD
August 9, 2023 - 9:59 AM 9:59 AM
“Limits Greenhouse Gasses” What a load of compost !!!!!
AD
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Dorothy
August 9, 2023 - 10:01 AM 10:01 AM
Already in Pittsburg. A bit of advice: Do line with paper as suggested. BUT bug spray around the inside top edge to keep the ants out! Only takes them 1 or 2 days to find their way into and out of the box. Then you have to follow their trail to find their most recent way inside to where you keep the box for use.
Do let me know if you have a great way to get a very large pizza box into it since that is on the list of thing to put in it.
Tear the box in half!
No RIGHT MINDED person wants to foul up the environment, that being said the Government is insane with this “Green” Crap. They just want to use it to take power away from individuals.
AS a former G man, I can tell you that you would win that bet!!!💥
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WC---Creeker
August 9, 2023 - 11:28 AM 11:28 AM
Government solving climate change, AAAHAHHHHHHHHHHAAAA
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Captain Bebops
August 9, 2023 - 11:42 AM 11:42 AM
Isn’t fascism fun! I too have Republic. They offer the pails for free but I’ve never read that we need to have one. Just too easy to dump that waste in the big green bin almost daily.
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Roz
August 9, 2023 - 12:29 PM 12:29 PM
I’m returning my little green pail to MDRR….You can do that.
We do compost, then some veggie waste goes to the neighbors’ chickens.
No veggie waste in regular garbage tote.
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Sharon W.
August 9, 2023 - 12:44 PM 12:44 PM
I use my garbage disposal… for food waste that it will take… not things like potato peelings and the like… but are they saying you can put left over food in the disposal? I don’t understand…
Never put any waste in your garbage disposal (ask a plumber why) The garbage disposer is for inadvertent things that get in it and when your waste water gets backed up, instead of getting the plunger.
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No Excuses
August 9, 2023 - 12:54 PM 12:54 PM
Yard waste goes to make chips and compost…so now it will have egg shells, tallow-greased paper towels and, WoW even ground bones in the compost? Hey VEGANS… your veggies are grown in animal bio-fermented waste. Always has been, but now it’s fresh and on top of the soil, and that’ll be so much mo-better for the planet😁
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WC Resident
August 9, 2023 - 1:10 PM 1:10 PM
Republic Services has already been doing this for many years in Walnut Creek, and I think Pleasant Hill.
As it’s rather large we don’t use the bucket that the garbage/recycle company provided and recycled that years ago. Instead, we use a small plastic container that can fit on the kitchen counter and/or put the leftovers on a plate and scrape the plate into the green waste container which is outside. As we empty the in-kitchen container frequently the ants have not found it. If insects were a problem then we’d put a sealed lid on it.
@Dorothy – the green waste containers are typically large enough to easily handle an extra large pizza box. You can always cut or tear a box into smaller pieces. We don’t care if ants, flies, yellow jackets, etc. get into the green waste container. It’s outdoors and away from any entry doors for the house. We normally leave the lid open all summer to allow the stuff to dry out. There’s no smell.
When we have things such as chicken scraps that could smell or attract unwanted insect or animal activity we usually wrap it in a small paper bag or plain wrapping paper and that in the freezer. We toss the resulting solidly frozen “burrito” into the green waste container early in the morning of garbage pickup day.
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PESFG
August 9, 2023 - 1:50 PM 1:50 PM
Are people who live in apartments going to also get one of those? Not every apartment has a deck and not all decks are big enough. Depending on the size of the container, it is possible that people who live in apartments may not have the room for it. As someone else stated, it could attract critters, especially in reduced spaces.
Are rules for garbage disposal different for home dwellers that apartment dwellers?
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America
August 9, 2023 - 2:09 PM 2:09 PM
A law ? Really ? This is a joke right?
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Jojo The Circus Clown
August 9, 2023 - 3:11 PM 3:11 PM
I have a great joke about ants … tell you some day @Claycordians
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Concord Guy
August 9, 2023 - 3:19 PM 3:19 PM
Excellent! It is about time we have this service in Concord. My wife and I will be happy to keep our food scraps out of the landfills.
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Abe
August 9, 2023 - 4:05 PM 4:05 PM
That little green box is dandy for storing some tools and assorted nuts and bolts.
It’ll come in handy for small projects around the house.
😼👍 Rich folk be payin’ other people to clean up after them … and then acting like we all have plenty of room in our own little 6 x 10 kitchens for extra buckets…. Just a few questions to the rich folks… do I have to cut the string off my cheap tea bags… how about that little metal staple? When my dog up-chucks on the floor…does that paper I clean it up with go in the garbage or in the green tote? Animal bones? REALLY? And for Pete’s sake, could there possibly be an uglier shade of green? I am thoroughly confused and now I’m gettin’ CRANKY!!!
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Jeff (the other one)
August 9, 2023 - 7:07 PM 7:07 PM
These ineffective plans designed to provide false solutions to nonexistent problems identified by flawed science always end up costing we taxpayers so much of our hard earned money.
Yes I agree this law is kinda silly, but it is good news for me. I have prolific plum trees and an apple tree. I use/donate as much as I can, but still end up with 50-60 lbs of unusable fruit each season. Now I can place them in the green bin. yay!
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1@1.com
August 10, 2023 - 12:03 PM 12:03 PM
Seen lots of these boxes littered all over Pittsburg the last few weeks. Seems its adding to plastic pollution!!!!! I dont see a reason to use it as most stuff goes down garbage disposal or is eaten.
Stupidest thing ever!
Newscum made it a LAW to make everyone have one!
Who has room in their refrigerator???
But it will make the climate “MORE GOODER”.
OMG!
useless.
I’m going to keep the cart for other things thanks. I have enough carts to move every week. Ooooh that smell.
.
What they dont say is that you may be fined if you dont recycle your organics.
.
Well I’m happy to say we don’t have this trash service we have Republic Services so I won’t be getting that stupid pail.
Our food scraps go in the regular trash which in turn feeds all the birds and animals and hang around the dumps.
What’s next separating the kleenex we blow our noses with cause the snot causes some gases when it’s in the hot sun at the dump.
Hmm, . . . . so how does the little green bin magically limit green house gasses ?
An without bags won’t outside green cart attract ants, flies and roaches ?
newsflash- my green bin has always been my organics bin.
“Limits Greenhouse Gasses” What a load of compost !!!!!
AD
Already in Pittsburg. A bit of advice: Do line with paper as suggested. BUT bug spray around the inside top edge to keep the ants out! Only takes them 1 or 2 days to find their way into and out of the box. Then you have to follow their trail to find their most recent way inside to where you keep the box for use.
Do let me know if you have a great way to get a very large pizza box into it since that is on the list of thing to put in it.
Tear the box in half!
No RIGHT MINDED person wants to foul up the environment, that being said the Government is insane with this “Green” Crap. They just want to use it to take power away from individuals.
$20 it ends up in the same place.
AS a former G man, I can tell you that you would win that bet!!!💥
Government solving climate change, AAAHAHHHHHHHHHHAAAA
Isn’t fascism fun! I too have Republic. They offer the pails for free but I’ve never read that we need to have one. Just too easy to dump that waste in the big green bin almost daily.
I’m returning my little green pail to MDRR….You can do that.
We do compost, then some veggie waste goes to the neighbors’ chickens.
No veggie waste in regular garbage tote.
I use my garbage disposal… for food waste that it will take… not things like potato peelings and the like… but are they saying you can put left over food in the disposal? I don’t understand…
Never put any waste in your garbage disposal (ask a plumber why) The garbage disposer is for inadvertent things that get in it and when your waste water gets backed up, instead of getting the plunger.
Yard waste goes to make chips and compost…so now it will have egg shells, tallow-greased paper towels and, WoW even ground bones in the compost? Hey VEGANS… your veggies are grown in animal bio-fermented waste. Always has been, but now it’s fresh and on top of the soil, and that’ll be so much mo-better for the planet😁
Republic Services has already been doing this for many years in Walnut Creek, and I think Pleasant Hill.
As it’s rather large we don’t use the bucket that the garbage/recycle company provided and recycled that years ago. Instead, we use a small plastic container that can fit on the kitchen counter and/or put the leftovers on a plate and scrape the plate into the green waste container which is outside. As we empty the in-kitchen container frequently the ants have not found it. If insects were a problem then we’d put a sealed lid on it.
@Dorothy – the green waste containers are typically large enough to easily handle an extra large pizza box. You can always cut or tear a box into smaller pieces. We don’t care if ants, flies, yellow jackets, etc. get into the green waste container. It’s outdoors and away from any entry doors for the house. We normally leave the lid open all summer to allow the stuff to dry out. There’s no smell.
When we have things such as chicken scraps that could smell or attract unwanted insect or animal activity we usually wrap it in a small paper bag or plain wrapping paper and that in the freezer. We toss the resulting solidly frozen “burrito” into the green waste container early in the morning of garbage pickup day.
Are people who live in apartments going to also get one of those? Not every apartment has a deck and not all decks are big enough. Depending on the size of the container, it is possible that people who live in apartments may not have the room for it. As someone else stated, it could attract critters, especially in reduced spaces.
Are rules for garbage disposal different for home dwellers that apartment dwellers?
A law ? Really ? This is a joke right?
I have a great joke about ants … tell you some day @Claycordians
Excellent! It is about time we have this service in Concord. My wife and I will be happy to keep our food scraps out of the landfills.
That little green box is dandy for storing some tools and assorted nuts and bolts.
It’ll come in handy for small projects around the house.
😼👍 Rich folk be payin’ other people to clean up after them … and then acting like we all have plenty of room in our own little 6 x 10 kitchens for extra buckets…. Just a few questions to the rich folks… do I have to cut the string off my cheap tea bags… how about that little metal staple? When my dog up-chucks on the floor…does that paper I clean it up with go in the garbage or in the green tote? Animal bones? REALLY? And for Pete’s sake, could there possibly be an uglier shade of green? I am thoroughly confused and now I’m gettin’ CRANKY!!!
These ineffective plans designed to provide false solutions to nonexistent problems identified by flawed science always end up costing we taxpayers so much of our hard earned money.
About all our government does really well.
Yes I agree this law is kinda silly, but it is good news for me. I have prolific plum trees and an apple tree. I use/donate as much as I can, but still end up with 50-60 lbs of unusable fruit each season. Now I can place them in the green bin. yay!
Seen lots of these boxes littered all over Pittsburg the last few weeks. Seems its adding to plastic pollution!!!!! I dont see a reason to use it as most stuff goes down garbage disposal or is eaten.