I was happy when I heard that the town was going to be picking up giant junk last week.
I had been storing numerous things in the garage that I wanted to get rid of plus looked forward to having the extra space to use for something else.
When the day arrived I was surprised to see that they left numerous items at the curb. When I went to inspect what was there I realized that it was two portable boilers plus one of the small window a/cs. I called plus wondered why they had left these items. They said that they were not authorized to pick up anything that had to do with heating or cooling. They said that multiple of these items contain dangerous chemicals or materials that were not allowed in landfills. I was surprised by this despite the fact that I feel it made sense. There are locales that recycle these items but you need to pay them for the disposal. Government regulations require that these items be respectfully broken down or neutralized so that they are not harmful to the environment plus these facilities have the ability to do that, i was not cheerful about paying for these services but at least I now have extra space in the garage plus know better in the future plus how to get rid of those types of items. This will also affect what I purchase in the future because I will always guess about how I will dispose of that new item in the event that it breaks or is no longer of use to me.