• KᑌᔕᕼIᗩ@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    I wish my mom actually followed though on sending my brussels sprouts to the starving kids via mail when I was a kid because it would have been hilarious.

    • carl_dungeon@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      In the USA, you usually pay for garbage collection services which are private companies that provide you trash and recycling bins and they pick them up from your house on a regular schedule, usually once or twice a week. If you live in a rural area, really rural, you might need to handle your own garbage. In these cases you either haul it in your truck to a dump where you either pay a flat rate to dump, or pay by the pound (they weigh your car before and after), or some places allow you burn trash if you’re really in the middle of nowhere.

      Sometimes payment for these services is included in rent, HOA fees, or sometimes you hire/pay seperately.