disposal fees | River's world…..

Prices have gone up everywhere on everything. It’s nuts and no matter how much we bitch and complain there’s not really anything we can do about it except pay more… and bitch and complain.

This is me.

Bitching and complaining.

We live in Maine…a clean, beautiful, environmentally friendly state. We have returnable bottles and cans, a ban on plastic grocery bags and numerous recycling programs. You rarely see trash on the sides of the roads and while all that is wonderful it comes at a cost.

Like this one we just had to pay to dispose of a dead window air conditioning unit.

Yikes.

And speaking of ridiculous charges?

When I reserved our rental car for the week long anniversary trip I planned… the price was $654.73.

Until I got to the confirmation/pay page and it jumped to $911.39… a difference of $256.66. That’s one helluva lot of add ons.

Surcharges/Fees:

County Tax 5.00%:

Concession Recovery Fee
(11.11%)

Customer Facility Charge 5.00/
day:

Vehicle License Fee 4.00/day:

Taxes:

It’s the world we live in… but that doesn’t mean I have to like it.

😡

I try to be a good human. I reuse, I recycle and I dispose of things the legal, environmentally friendly way.

Maine is a beautiful state and we do all we can to keep it that way, including picking up trash on the side of the road. It disgusts me the amount of crap people will throw in the woods or a ditch. Tires, construction debris, carpet, bicycles, small appliances… it’s ridiculous.

So being the good global citizens we are, we recently picked up a small window unit air conditioner, loaded it in the truck and drove to a waste management site.

Where we discovered the reason people throw things on the side of the road. If you want to encourage the public to do the right thing? I suggest making it a little more affordable.

Where there's only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.