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Isnt throwing garbage free?
(At least here in Greece it is.)
In the USA, you usually pay for garbage collection services which are private companies that provide you trash and recycling bins and they pick them up from your house on a regular schedule, usually once or twice a week. If you live in a rural area, really rural, you might need to handle your own garbage. In these cases you either haul it in your truck to a dump where you either pay a flat rate to dump, or pay by the pound (they weigh your car before and after), or some places allow you burn trash if you’re really in the middle of nowhere.
Sometimes payment for these services is included in rent, HOA fees, or sometimes you hire/pay seperately.
what the hell
You realize your taxes pay for collection too. So you either pay a private company or you pay the government.
I'd rather pay the government for essential public services. Capitalism doesn't belong in services people need, because they'll price gouge on any kind of essentials. Homes, food, utilities, and medicine should be public.