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Re:An ‘Uber for garbage’ picks up steam, and $11.7M in Serie... by simonsarris on Thursday July 06, 2017 @04:29PM (#14713678)
Many towns in New Hampshire with spread out population do not want to pay for garbage pickup. Everyone brings everything to the dump themselves. These people "self-uber for garbage" as they say.

Some rich folks pay companies like Waste Management to do it for them.

What's wrong with that model?

Re:An ‘Uber for garbage’ picks up steam, and $11.7M in Serie... by chimeracoder on Thursday July 06, 2017 @05:06PM (#14713968)
> Many towns in New Hampshire with spread out population do not want to pay for garbage pickup. Everyone brings everything to the dump themselves.

Yes, and this is pretty common even in areas where the population isn't particularly spread out.

Re:An ‘Uber for garbage’ picks up steam, and $11.7M in Serie... by bb611 on Friday July 07, 2017 @11:33AM (#14719156)
This is common in many areas of suburban MA within 30 minutes of Boston.
Re:An ‘Uber for garbage’ picks up steam, and $11.7M in Serie... by exclusiv on Thursday July 06, 2017 @07:29PM (#14714816)
Makes sense and I've seen it in mountain & destination communities where a lot of the trash is from transients. However, it's possible that could lead to people not disposing of trash properly or burning it. My grandma used to burn her trash when she lived on a farm.
Re:An ‘Uber for garbage’ picks up steam, and $11.7M in Serie... by ohples on Thursday July 06, 2017 @11:35PM (#14715832)
Heck even large towns like Merrimack you haul it your self.