Category Archives: Trash Pickup
Trash Talking Linda Webb and the Teamsters
Image via Wikipedia It has been a long time since I have posted on the subject of garbage collection in the city of Toledo despite the fact that it comes up so often in the local news that it deserves its place alongside sports and weather. The city will eliminate publicly collected trash beginning Sept [...]
I’m a Broken Record, Part II
From WNWO: Well people comin by throwin out their rubbish. I mean they throw furniture out there and anything. – Goldie Aldridge, a lifetime North Toledo Resident about the alley behind her house on Melrose Avenue. Image via Wikipedia In response to the massive illegal trash dumping taking place in the city’s alleys and vacant [...]
I am a Broken Record.
Image via Wikipedia Those of you old enough to recall listening to LPs will appreciate the metaphor. Believe me, I am tired of writing about this subject, but it won’t go away quietly. So here it goes. I discovered why I am having such a difficult time with trash pickup. My street doesn’t exist. Since [...]
Toledo Garbage Trouble, Again.
I hosted a party on Saturday night in honor of my wife’s 50th birthday. I placed a call last week to the City of Toledo Office of Solid Waste to request an extra “bulky” pickup in anticipation of a larger than normal amount of trash. I placed the extra “bulky” trash by the curb the [...]
This is Getting Old.
For the third week in a row, the City of Toledo has failed to pick up not only my garbage, but nearly all of my neighbors as well. This requires an explanation so please bear with me. My house and my neighbors house are the only lots on my street that are within the city [...]
More Trash Talk
Image via Wikipedia We’ve been beaten over the head with the talk of trash pickup in Toledo, so much so that I have added a new category for the subject. However, this time, I am going to be the one initiating the conversation. For the second week in a row, the automatic trash pickup robot [...]