Re:I Don't Understand Why We Throw Away Perfectly Working Th...
by OJFord on Sunday November 06, 2022 @12:22PM
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> A bit of a tangent, but I was recently shocked to learn that there are places in the US where this is discouraged.
I'm not in the US (UK) but I wouldn't do it myself just because I think it looks 'trashy'.
It's also probably not technically allowed (unless you have a front garden/drive and it's on your property) - but local councils will collect large appliances/furniture by prior arrangement too, I imagine the details vary but one I checked a while ago for example would do one such collection a year for free, some small fee if you needed an additional one that year.
I'm not in the US (UK) but I wouldn't do it myself just because I think it looks 'trashy'.
It's also probably not technically allowed (unless you have a front garden/drive and it's on your property) - but local councils will collect large appliances/furniture by prior arrangement too, I imagine the details vary but one I checked a while ago for example would do one such collection a year for free, some small fee if you needed an additional one that year.