I was gleeful when I heard that the village was going to be picking up giant junk last week.
I had been storing several things in the garage that I wanted to get rid of & looked forward to having the extra space to use for something else. When the afternoon arrived I was surprised to see that they left several items at the curb. When I went to inspect what was there I realized that it was two portable furnaces & one of the small window air conditioners. I called & wondered why they had left these items. They said that they were not authorized to option up anything that had to do with heating or cooling. They said that more than 2 of these items contain dangerous chemicals or materials that were not allowed in landfills. I was surprised by this although I feel it made sense. There are places that recycle these items but you need to spend my savings them for the disposal. Government regulations require that these items be properly broken down or neutralized so that they are not harmful to the environment & these facilities have the ability to do that; I was not glad about paying for these services but at least I now have extra space in the garage & know better in the future & how to get rid of those types of items. This will also affect what I purchase in the future because I will always suppose about how I will dispose of that new item in the event that it breaks or is no longer of use to me.