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Tag: Garbage

People are jerks

Pigs on ice: DNR reveals the garbage Minnesotans left on lakes

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 3, 2019, 9:34 AM Apr 3, 2019
16

Just as sure as spring is going to come and ice is going to melt, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will call out the pigs who leave their garbage behind after being required to remove their ice houses for the season. Read more →

Politics

City Hall wouldn’t pick up trash, so residents deliver it to City Hall

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 3, 2017, 7:06 AM Apr 3, 2017
38

What happened in St. Paul on Sunday is a metaphor for the state of government in Minnesota. Because it can’t get out of its own way, it doesn’t work.
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Politics

As goes my rubbish pick-up, so goes America

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 1, 2016, 6:48 AM Feb 1, 2016
67

Bloomington is the latest community to go with a single-hauler, amid promises it’ll save the average homeowner about $100 a year. The response was predictable.
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DNR to everyone on MN lakes: Pick up your garbage

Paul TostoPaul Tosto February 12, 2015, 12:09 PM Feb 12, 2015
7

You can almost hear the heavy sigh from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources as the agency reminds people not to use their fish houses as garbage cans. Read more →

Crime and Justice

Trash hauler unloads in deadbeat customer’s driveway

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 17, 2014, 6:35 AM Jul 17, 2014
21

What do you do if you’re a trash hauler with customers who don’t pay their bills? In Red Wing, you give them some trash back. Read more →

Suburbanites cry: Don’t tread on me, or my trash bin

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 14, 2013, 3:12 PM Nov 14, 2013
10

Stand up for your dumpster!
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Recycling is for the 1 percent

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 22, 2013, 12:48 PM Aug 22, 2013
1

The well-heeled neighborhoods of Saint Paul lead in recycling; the working-class neighborhoods are at the bottom of the heap Read more →

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