Garbage segregation

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While I was on my Mac this morning, the sound of somebody entering our village with a megaphone caught my attention. There were 4 of them from the city's General Services Department. They were reminding residents to segregate garbage into biodegradable and non-biodegradable. However, they are advising residents not to put out the biodegrable trash because the garbage collectors won't pick them up. We are advised to make the biodegradable trash into compost. I told them that that was not a good thing to do because many residents do not have that space to dig a compost pit. Besides, when you put bio-degradable trash in the compost pit, you will be attracting rats and the city will be rat-infested. I'd rather that the rats are concentrated in one area - that is the dumpsite - because it would be easier to contain them. They also advised that people put out their trash an hour before the garbage truck comes. I told them that was not practical because the dogs and cats are going to scratch the trash bags and scatter the contents. I told that I made it a habit to put out our trash about 15 minutes before the truck comes at dawn. Other people put out their trash at night that is why trash is scattered all around.