One idea I have for saving energy is to try and get my neighborhood to all use the same garbage removal company. On my block we have five different companies that are used so each day of the week another truck comes barreling down the street (two trucks actually, one for garbage and one for recycles). If we all used the same company that would cut down on energy and noise and we’d only have one day a week that we’d have to see garbage cans out at the curb. A few advantages. Now all I have to do is convince the 12 families that live on my cul-de-sac.
What are some other ideas for cutting down on energy usage?
4 Comments
Mary Ann Schifitto
Great idea! You can probably get a discount also doing it that way. The same could hold true for lawn mowers who come to our homes. We have quite a few different service mowers who come. Less energy could be used if we used the same company for many of the lawns in the neighborhood.
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Sarah Brownell
I agree with your assessment of the garbage collection craziness. Is it possible to change the policy of the suburbs? It seems like a lot of work to have to organize every street to choose one company and even better if the whole neighborhood had one company. It makes no sense from an enviromental or even an local infrastructure (all that extra wear and tear on the roads) viewpoint to have 4 or 5 different garbage companies operating on the same blocks. I suppose the point is to have competition to keep costs low, but it seems costs could be even lower with collaboration rather than competition…
Cris Metcalf
Our neighborhood did that. We took the lowest bid and saved money as well. Cris Metcalf
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