The town of Harvard does not provide trash pickup. For the privilege of taking your trash and recyclables to the transfer station, you have to buy a dump sticker for $275 a year. So I was quite pleased to find a dump sticker in Lincoln is free.
Judy Wong Sent from my iPad > On Oct 23, 2025, at 4:21 PM, Andy Scheff via Lincoln > <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is in addition to Sara's comments. > > During the Town Meeting discussion on going from a traditional dump to a > transfer station someone asked about roadside pickup. The response pointed > out that many people in Lincoln have long driveways and would have to put the > trash in their cars to get it to the end of the driveway. There was the > concern, that wild animals would get into the trash spreading it all over the > ground. Nobody proposed going to trash pickup and Town Meeting approved > replacing the dump with the transfer station. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lincoln <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Sara Mattes > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2025 11:29 PM > To: Nick Gardner <[email protected]> > Cc: Lincoln Talk <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] History of trash pickup in Lincoln > > Budget and staffing are drivers. > But so is it part of the culture and tradition. > > Folks used to make the trip to “The Dump” a event for social engagement. > Lots of politicking took place at The Dump. > You could also see what your neighbors were consuming, what mail order > purchases looked like, what newspapers were being read…and, what “liquid > refreshments were being enjoyed. > You knew when someone had a big party…and you weren’t invited. > > And, the swap shed finds furnished many a dorm room and first apartment. > > We could tell when a new household had arrived as trash bins often appeared > at the end of the drive. > It often caused a certain titter. > > It was a source of pride that we retained this small-town eccentricity-The > Dump. > We were country! > > We used to be smug in noting we sure weren't Weston but, I suspect times have > changed. > > > > >> On Oct 20, 2025, at 7:25 PM, Nick Gardner <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Something I've been quite curious about since moving to Lincoln a bit over a >> year ago has been why Lincoln doesn't have trash pickup. I got used to the >> weekly run to the transfer station pretty quickly, but it seems Lincoln is >> an outlier compared to other towns in the area. Anyone with a bit more >> history know why this is the case? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Nick Gardner >> -- >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> To post, send mail to [email protected]. >> Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >> Change your subscription settings at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >> > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to [email protected]. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln.
