Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Trash Chutes

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On 6/18/2003 5:03 PM, "Rodney Elin" <elin [at] rff.org> wrote:

> Are there any co-housing communities out there that have a trash chute
> installed in their buildings?  Eastern Village will have 55 households in a
> 4 story condo building.  The developer currently has a trash chute drawn
> into the plans and we are questioning the necessity of this.  Many of us
> view this as a huge expense and longterm maintainance issue.

After living in many buildings where there was a trash chute and many where
there wasn't one, I much, much, much prefer that there be one. There are
probably not many in cohousing, however, because not many are tall.

The chutes were never a problem in terms of things getting stuck. The door
where you put things in is smaller than the actual chute so that prevents
people from putting things in that are too large. If something does get
stuck, another bag coming down dislodges it.

You will have a cleaner building and fewer cockroaches with a trash chute.
While some people go out everyday with an extra hand to carry trash, not
everyone does. And with a trash chute, you put out the trash every night. If
you live on the fourth floor you are not going down just to put out the
trash.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org

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