Various house and garage projects have left me with a little collection of shit that I want to get rid of. I’ve already been fined by the city of Buffalo for disposing of household materials, so I’m looking for a place where I can safely/legally dispose of:
*tires
*tires on wheels
*empty paint cans
*5 gallon plastic buckets
*cardboard (I have a huge pile from an Ikea kitchen remodel)
*1/8" paneling
*drywall scrap
My back up plan is to use the bulk trash facility, but am curious to hear what others have done in similar situations.
Tires on wheels is like radioactive waste, nobody will take it. The city of Buffalo won’t take that other stuff?!?!
E.A. has a couple times a year when they take tires and car batteries.
You could dump it on the back roads surrounding Springville, that seems to be common.lol
Do you know any business owners in Buffalo that may have a dumpster?
I could probably put the paint cans in the 5 gallon buckets, and then put those into big black trash bags. I could cut up all the cardboard into small sections so the recycle guys will take it. All the other stuff is too big to fit into the dumpster. Unfortunately, I missed our last bulk trash pick up day (2 per year in Buffalo).
Where’s this transfer station? You’re not talking about the place on North Ogden are you? If so I’ve reached my 2000lb limit there for the 2010 calendar year, so if I go back I will either be charged, or I have to wait until 2011.
Believe it or not, people will take tires on rims. They cut the tires off and do god knows what, and scrap the wheels. Craigslist free section, curb alert FTW. If the rims are usable, even better. I got rid of 40 junk tires (no rims) by posting them in the free section, and offering $2 each for someone to haul them away. I packed them all into the bed of some guys truck and paid him, well worth it to get rid of all those muddy water-filled things. There’s probably someone out there willing to take everything for a little cash. I’ve been battling with my garbage men all year to get rid of all the shit that was left here when I bought the place, I feel your pain.
$44 per ton;) Like I said in my original post, this is my back up plan. I was also interested in hearing where others have gone as this is only an option for city of Buffalo residents.
In this instance I’d be able to rid it all at the transfer station…but in the future if it’s a few items here and there that place can be a hassle (M-F hours are rough, weekends can get crowded).
In the same manner that we can drop off used oil to an auto parts store, I was hoping to hear of other places/businesses that accept trash that can’t be thrown out at my curb.
recycle the cardboard. Im no real help on the rest. I work on sugar and ppl are constantly dumping crap along the cemetary. Im going to start dumping stuff at my job as we have 2 huge dumpsters. I might just pay the 44 bucks and go to city place and dump it all at once and be done with it
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I found a guy at work to take the tires and wheels:) Planning on heading to the transfer station this Saturuday morning to get rid of all the rest. Also, found out I CAN throw out paint buckets…for some reason I always thought that was a no-no.
^ Yep, hence the need to unload more shit. I missed this last bulk trash day unfortunately…but def got good use out of the spring pick up. 12’x3’x3’ area near the curb is what you’re allowed, and I used every square inch of that.