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Originally Posted by sunfish
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I have called just about all of them including your link and got nothing. I stopped to buy beer locally and saw a tree truck in the parking lot so engaged the foreman in conversation. I called the company; the owner's 1st response was "we don't have chips" but I kept him on the line for a minute. He excused himself then came back to say "Not now but I have your number." (I assume he spoke with the foreman while away.)
I'm not holding my breath.
Jacksonville is strange. I've spent some time talking compost/trash and such with a man who came here from Cincinnati to work in the solid waste division so he had a clue about how the rest of the country handles "garbage" and he's frustrated. They don't get it was what I got from our discussion. Sandy soil--put good stuff in--grow things--YEAH. Except people grow very little here--much like I noticed in the BVI and St. Thomas when there consulting on recycling during the 80s. (I'm an accountant not a trash expert.)
Scoop on Jacksonville? They had a yard waste composting facility that caught on fire a few years ago so they closed it down and began contracting it out. No more free compost. (I brought back 1/2 a truckload from Brevard county a few months ago.) They pick up used tires/recyclables/trash but if you want chips or compost you're on your own. And the tree guys here consider it too much trouble to dump it where they're working but would rather pay to shed the crap. Drive 30 miles with a full truck and pay rather than see if someone will take it gratis?
Very dismaying. (BTW, the guy I spoke to seemed to think I should try to enter the bidding process and set up my own company. No. I just want 3 loads of chips.)