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Appreciation post: Just learned Dekalb County charges a flat $75 for bulk trash pickup no matter how much you put out
I called the sanitation department yesterday after my neighbor told me it was per-item pricing, and the lady on the phone said the $75 flat rate has been the rule since 2019, so has anyone else been overpaying for years because their contractor didn't tell them that?
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matthewross22d ago
Wait @amy_murphy15, wouldn't the city make bank off people who only toss one couch?
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Oh man, I gotta push back on this a little. I actually think the flat rate could be worse for a lot of people. If you only have one or two big items to get rid of, paying $75 is a huge ripoff compared to paying per item. I bet most folks in Dekalb are only putting out a mattress or a couch now and then, not a whole truckload of stuff. That flat rate just punishes the people who don't have much trash to haul away in the first place.
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