Has anyone canceled Waste Management and been charged for cart removal? I have been with them for several years but quarterly price is out the roof. Thinking of changing but they say there is a $75 cart removal charge.
Last time I checked it was standard for all three companies in my area but can’t speak to the amount charged.
A few years ago Waste Management bought out my local trash hauler. They raised the rate a few dollars with every bill. Then I would get messages apologizing for missing my pickup right after they picked up my trash. Or worse no message and no pickup. I called to cancel and told them I was moving. No charge for cart pickup. If they ask to establish service at your new address tell them you are moving in with your parents or child or whatever. Make something up.
In my area of NC we are old school. Trash is picked up by the County (Dare). County employees. One man trucks, the driver. The truck has a big claw, comes along and dumps your bin. Very efficient.
There’s a line item on my annual property tax bill, trash pickup.
Similar in my Arizona city; it is a city service, and I pay on my monthly utility bill, which also includes water, sewer (for those not on septic; I am). Refuse includes trash bins, green waste organics (yard clippings/trimming and similar compostable organics), and recycle. Recycle is free; green waste is ridiculously cheap, actual trash is fairly costly. And those three trucks do use giant claws to pick up and empty the bins. No cost to have bins picked up if you delete or reduce a service, or to replace broken bins. They changed the plastic used in the bins a number of years ago, and the new ones are very brittle, and break often. The old ones were more of a heavy duty rubber, and rarely break.