I sure would like one, so much stuff like boxes and wrappers from granola bars, fig bars and cereal go through here. Last trash can we had here (had a compactor at previous home) always seemed to be overflowing and the lid shut down on dirty paper plates or food or.... I gave up. We've been using pellet bags for a couple years now and they are small enough they're always full too, not to mention one take home entree/left overs box they bring home for me takes up like 1/3 of the bag. Then tossed in the dumpster and if the wind blows the lid open the stray cats and racoons and birds get in there and spread icky stuff around. And embarassing to see our pellet bag blown 3 blocks down the road before it stuck on brush. Ideal is trash compactor for non-food/wet, only dry things and a smaller trash can for food/wet waste Suggestions on good trash compactor? Previous one had plastic sprocket and we eventually broke a tine and had to replace it, how cool would it be to have one with steel chain and steel sprocket?! (steel gears). Anyone have one they like? Suggestions?
Usually burn the paper/cardboard trash here-with the proper weather conditions, of course. That sure does cut down on the amount of trash accumulated. Another of the benefits of living rurally.
We generate barely one 13-gal bag of trash weekly. Recycle glass, plastic, paper, etc. Kitchen scraps go in the computer. Curbside pickup weekly.
