I was SO happy when we moved to WH and didn’t have to deal with Hartford’s oppressive trash regime anymore. WH was all like “No barrel? No problem!” Any trash that didn’t fit in the barrel we could just put on the curb as-is. We could have as many barrels as we wanted. Boxes could just be flattened and stacked at the curb. Now, we’re going to be going automated with city-provided barrels come fall. At our apartment in Hartford, there was one barrel for the whole house, which was us and our landlords. Sometimes, it was enough room. Sometimes we had to hold trash back until the next week, which was no fun in a small apartment. Now it seems like we’ll get get one barrel per unit which will be better. However, said barrels will be delivered by the end of August but e’re not allowed to use them until at least October 1. Where are we supposed to put these things??
Oh, and West Hartford DPW would like you to know that the barrels are NOT bear proof.
March 23rd, 2007 at 9:28 am
what about bobcat proof?
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:20 am
The “city-provided” trash barrels will be located in your higher taxes. We are paying for those barrels, as well as the new fleet of trucks for Paine.
This new trash system is all about the desire to go to a “one-man” operated truck. It is going to cost us a HUGE increase - over $700,000 - in service.
They could have stuck with the current system for a lot less.