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« on: December 26, 2013, 07:54:15 AM » |
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Does anyone have any advice on what to do with all the boxes leftover from PD? I have a friend that is also on PD and the boxes are building up quickly and their recycling will only take so many. Does anyone else have this problem? Any ideas on where to take the boxes or anyone know if private insurance will cover an extra recycling bin?
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jeannea
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« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2013, 08:34:56 AM » |
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I didn't know recycling would only take so many. I always broke the boxes down and tied the piles with twine. Then I set them out for recycling. Sometimes there are places to drop off your own recycling. Maybe they'd take more if you drop them off. Or have you tried calling the company? Explain what's happening and ask for help to solve it. Around here recycling takes whatever you put out and I'm surprised you have a limit.
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« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2013, 08:44:01 AM » |
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I didn't know recycling would only take so many. I always broke the boxes down and tied the piles with twine. Then I set them out for recycling. Sometimes there are places to drop off your own recycling. Maybe they'd take more if you drop them off. Or have you tried calling the company? Explain what's happening and ask for help to solve it. Around here recycling takes whatever you put out and I'm surprised you have a limit.
I don't have a limit that I know of but my friend does. They live in a different town. I broke down my living room sofa and took an ax to it and put it on the curb and they took it. I'm starting to think my town will take just about anything lol. |
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obsidianom
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« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2013, 08:49:38 AM » |
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If you can find someone with a woodstove who burns firewood for heat like we do , they may be willing to use the cardboard for fuel. Thats what I do with all the boxes we accumulate from Nxstage and fresenius. I find cardboard is good fuel and burns clean. I get free heat from it.
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Deanne
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« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2013, 09:40:32 AM » |
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My garbage service charges extra for overflowing bins, so I've gone to my neighbors a couple of times and they've always had room for my excess. I've thought about driving the extra boxes directly to the recycling center, too. They have free drop-off bins.
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Deanne
1972: Diagnosed with "chronic kidney disease" (no specific diagnosis)
1994: Diagnosed with FSGS
September 2011: On transplant list with 15 - 20% function
September 2013: ~7% function. Started PD dialysis
February 11, 2014: Transplant from deceased donor. Creatinine 0.57 on 2/13/2014
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« Reply #5 on: December 26, 2013, 11:29:44 AM » |
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You might want to see if your town has special recycling removal services for people who have extra waste due to home health. My city charges for trash removal based on volume, but I was able to get a bigger bin at no additional cost because the extra trash is related to a medical treatment. I just had to provide proof that I was low income. Maybe your area does something similar with recycling? It's worth asking, since even when these programs exist they aren't always well publicized.
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« Reply #6 on: December 26, 2013, 05:55:41 PM » |
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Our trash service charges us just $10.00 extra every quarter to have a second bin for recycling. our old service charged us just $3.00 extra.
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Darthvadar
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« Reply #7 on: December 27, 2013, 12:09:30 AM » |
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Do you have a food bank near you???... They'd love to get them because they're so sturdy... Those things would survive a bomb explosion!....
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okarol
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« Reply #8 on: December 27, 2013, 02:23:13 AM » |
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If you use craigslist you can put an ad in the FREE section - seems like somebody could find a use for the sturdy boxes.
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lola
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« Reply #9 on: December 27, 2013, 05:25:07 AM » |
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Our city had to give us a 2nd container (no charge) because of the boxes.
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« Reply #10 on: December 27, 2013, 08:02:11 AM » |
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I break the boxes down and put them into another PD box. I put 8-9 folded boxes in one of the non-broken down boxes. I don't know if that will help with space, but it takes up about the size of two boxes (cycler boxes).
I live in an apartment complex that has a large recycle dumpster so I cannot comment on fitting my recyclables into a recycle bin.
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