Apparently, I live in South Ogden City. What its purpose is, I have no idea. My address says "Ogden." South Ogden City is like a notch cut into the bottom of Ogden, and Ogden surrounds it on three sides.
I've been trying to grasp the baroque minutiae of getting rid of my trash, etc. I have three of those flap-lid curbside containers in my driveway. I rent, and I think my landlord foots the bill for the trash. There is a blue container, a green one, and a brown one. The blue one is apparently for recycling, the green one (confusingly) for trash, and the brown one seems to be for yard waste and/or compost.
Here is a link to what Ogden (not South Ogden City) offers by way of explaining the system:
General info:
Detailed recycling info (note the playful Comic Sans font):
Neither of those mentions that, in my neighborhood, Monday seems to be trash day. I learned that by watching the neighbors. Another hitch: the blue bin indicates that the lid should open toward the curb, but the other two bins indicate that the lid should face the street. I put all the bins facing the street. Everyone else seems to as well.
Recycling is only picked up every other week. Here is a link to that schedule:
My best interpretation of the chart is that, if you have an even-numbered address, you use the green weeks to recycle, and if you are odd, you use the yellow weeks. I put my recycling out for the first time last week, and it wasn't picked up. Wrong week.
Having operated a relatively-well-ventilated tumbler composter for several years and fighting to keep it from getting slimy and stinky, I can't imagine what would happen if you actually put food waste into the 100 gallon brown container for awhile...there's no way to oxygenate it. Unless you make an effort to mix in yard waste and grass clippings regularly, that brown bin will become unbelievably gross. I shudder to imagine. Composting is easy to set up. If you're inclined, do that instead.
My recommendation for Ogden, South Ogden City, and Waste Management is the following:
Centralize you information. Residents need a one-stop website that explains EVERYTHING. The information above comes from multiple locations on two different sites and leaves out a lot. South Ogden City is nearly mum on the subject. None of the sites explains that both Ogden and South Ogden City have Waste Management handling the trash in basically an identical way. I have no information on when the brown bin is emptied. One more reason to be afraid...
The garbage can should be gray. Garbage has a grayness about it. It's inert material headed for the dustbin of history. Black would also work. Brown works well for yard waste. Good call. All the bins should be labelled to face the same way at the curb.
This is very colorful:
...but what does it mean?!
If I learn any more about disposing of waste in Ogden, Utah, dear reader, you'll be the first to know! If you have any information, please, please, add it to the comments.
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