Corner Trash Cans 24th St. - Page 3 - PhillyBlog

zete_374 · #21 (**permalink**) 07-10-2008, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Ms. Ann Thorpe

Only in a perfect world. Fairmounters have always cleaned their fronts and picked up trash in front of their homes....even if left by someone else. The can at 24th & Aspen stinks to high-heaven and is already overflowing and fly-ridden. This is not an improvement. If this can were on your corner I guarantee you would not be happy. Take a stroll by...it must be lovely today in this 90 degree heat. My guess is that the gentlemen who tend Ward Park will take it into their own hands to keep it clean...even though it is not their responsiblilty and just because that is what old, "un-improved" Fairmounters have always done. Whoever had these cans placed should now take responsibility for their upkeep.

If that was true then you would not be complaining about the Fairmounters that dump there garbage in the public cans.

HughE 2030 · #22 (**permalink**) 07-10-2008, 05:37 PM

Well this will all end if Philly decides to start charging for a few to pick up trash.

http://www.myfoxphilly.com/myfox/pag...Y&pageId=3.2.1

JeffM · #23 (**permalink**) 07-10-2008, 07:28 PM

The trash can on Aspen and 24th is now completely overflowing and the one on Perot and 24th can be smelled a half a block away. Anyone have any suggestions on who to contact to take care of these? While I support the idea of having trash cans located throughout the neighborhood as a way to keep the place clean, it only works if the cans are kept clean (i.e., emptied at least every other day, if not every day). As currently implemented, these are one in the minus column for Fairmount. Definitely not an improvement.

GreenSTdude · #24 (**permalink**) 07-11-2008, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by JeffM

The trash can on Aspen and 24th is now completely overflowing and the one on Perot and 24th can be smelled a half a block away. Anyone have any suggestions on who to contact to take care of these? While I support the idea of having trash cans located throughout the neighborhood as a way to keep the place clean, it only works if the cans are kept clean (i.e., emptied at least every other day, if not every day). As currently implemented, these are one in the minus column for Fairmount. Definitely not an improvement.

The trash can on every corner thing just doesn't work and I can't understand why people can't get this thru their thick skulls. Unless some private or public entity is emptying the thing at least once or twice a day it becomes a stinking, festering eyesore. These folks who think a trash can every 10 ft is somehow going to clean up the neighborhood are living in a fantasy land.

I also wonder why these people constantly have so much trash they must dispose of while walking down the street. I virtually never have anything to throw away that can't be carried to my car or aptmnt. I will however add it to the festering sh*tpile if I come across one of these trash cans.

tenzo · #25 (**permalink**) 07-11-2008, 08:04 AM

Convienant trash cans are good. In most cities they are every block. However, in most cities they get emptied on a daily basis.

Putting out cans without picking up is like installing fire hydrants without connecting them to water.

In other words, half assed.

Contact your city rep. That is what they are there for.

gone down south · #26 (**permalink**) 07-11-2008, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by GreenSTdude

The trash can on every corner thing just doesn't work and I can't understand why people can't get this thru their thick skulls. Unless some private or public entity is emptying the thing at least once or twice a day it becomes a stinking, festering eyesore. These folks who think a trash can every 10 ft is somehow going to clean up the neighborhood are living in a fantasy land.

I also wonder why these people constantly have so much trash they must dispose of while walking down the street. I virtually never have anything to throw away that can't be carried to my car or aptmnt. I will however add it to the festering sh*tpile if I come across one of these trash cans.

Don't hate the trashcan, it's just doing it's job.

PS - do you really carry all your trash from the day back home with you? You pack your soda cans and gum wrappers around all day to place into your private garbage?

tenzo · #27 (**permalink**) 07-11-2008, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by gone down south

PS - do you really carry all your trash from the day back home with you? You pack your soda cans and gum wrappers around all day to place into your private garbage?

Yes, and I used to poop in a little black biodegradable bag and stick it in the crawl space at home.

(think I should tell the new owners about that?)

JeffM · #28 (**permalink**) 07-11-2008, 02:19 PM

Was just at home to pick something up and ran into two ladies from Streets and Sanitation who were picking the cans in the back of their pick-up. According to them, the cans were just temporary, for the 4th of July. The funny thing is, I think the majority of the trash accumulated in them after the 4th. I thanked them profusely for getting rid of them.

PhillyChik · #29 (**permalink**) 07-11-2008, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by PhillyChik

I saw a trash basket the other day on 20th & Brandywine & thought maybe it was because of the holiday & all of the people & trash that comes to the 'hood during the week...

I can't say this often - But I was right!!!

GreenSTdude · #30 (**permalink**) 07-12-2008, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by gone down south

Don't hate the trashcan, it's just doing it's job.

PS - do you really carry all your trash from the day back home with you? You pack your soda cans and gum wrappers around all day to place into your private garbage?

No, I alway pitch it over the fence into somebody's yard or toss it down the storm sewer.