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Call Sunset Scavenger if you see one of these. Immediately.
Uh oh.
Did you know that you could face a steep, steep fine if you dump your old furniture on the city sidewalks? We didn't. And we've tossed everything from post-party cheap vodka to lamps to CDs to couches on the sidewalks of SF. (All of which were immediately picked up by passersby, thank you very much.) See, SF Examiner reports that "the Department of Public Works recently put out a friendly reminder on Twitter warning that residents face fines between $200 and $1,000 for such 'illegal dumping.'"
While "illegal dumping" is as common as to any urban area as is a corner liquor store or subway system, "an average of 24 tons of refuse left on the streets and in vacant lots is hauled away daily," costing the city $2 million annually.
Yikes.
Instead of leaving your crap on the streets, you can donate your unloved items to Goodwill or Salvation Army, have Sunset Scavenger or Golden Gate Recycling and Disposal get rid of them for free, or use Community Clean Team program, "which offers annual free drop off of bulky items, composting and recycling materials."
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Damn, and I'm STILL not following the DPW twitter feed? What's wrong with me? It sounds like a non-stop party!
The great thing about their Twitter feed is that you just know that all those people who dump trash illegal are going to be subscribed!!?!?
This is going to seriously disrupt the natural ecosystem of San Francisco. My "coffee table" was reclaimed from the sidewalk!
Note that there's still no cheap, legal way to dispose of a mattress if you don't have free access to a giant vehicle.
Sure there is - it's called bulky item collection.
If you're in an apartment building with several units, it's one free pickup per year (as opposed to 2 for SFHs), so unless your mattress is being replaced at the same time as the neighbor's, you're pretty SOL.
No no, it's one pickup per year per unit. So you can go ahead and call them, and your neighbors will still have a chance to drop stuff off themselves.
Last time I called for pickup (1 year ago), they specifically told me I didn't need to call it in and to just place it on the curb.
So, does this constitute garbage, or public seating? Coincidently; I took this photograph a couple of hours ago.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramon_burgos_ruiz/4129471436/sizes/l/
Try San Francisco Freecycle too. People are always looking for stuff.
Every time I've called Sunset Scav for a bulky item pickup, I would wake up to find everything I put out picked up by people in the neighborhood. This is only when I call them and use my free yearly pickup credit however, I could put the same stuff out for a couple nights and no one would touch it.
If you live in an apartment, you get one pickup per year, if you rent or own a house you get two. Each is free, and you can put up to 10 items curbside. I've used it twice and it's great, they come very quicky and it's easy. Only downside is you have to list very specifically what items... Like, one matress, one boxspring, one desk, etc. It's available to anyone with regular garbage service (which should be everyone)
When I moved here nine plus years back, I couldn't believe that people would just put their unwanted items on the sidewalk. But that quickly turned into disbelief at how quickly the stuff would disappear. My first day here, the woman I subleased from threw a pair of boots out of her window on Fell St. When she saw the look of shock on my face, she said, "They'll be gone by the time we get downstairs." They were.
Our modern twist is to post on the free board on Craigslist. "Blah blah blah on the corner of blah and blah. First come, first serve." Gone by the time you're back from Brunch. The last three books that have I've read have either come out of a box on a sidewalk or was found on a bus.
I've never had anything I left on the sidewalk stay there for more than 15 minutes. This includes:
Broken television
Broken printer
Broken playstation
Broken fish tank
Broken computer
Broken bike
Etc.
Also, that header image is awesome.
FYI or Reminder to folks who care about LGBTQ rights: While Salvation Army says it does not discriminate against gay folks, and they are free to join the church and receive services, Salvation Army's Christian beliefs say that since gays can't be married, and sex should only occur within a marriage, then gays should remain celibate. How about Community Thrift instead? They donate their proceeds to tons of local nonprofits.
I feel like this is when you link to Freecycle or Craigslist.
Seriously. People will pick up the craziest shit.
I got rid of a box of random glassware (that were all flawed and completely unusable) within 10 minutes.
Yeah, add me to the SF Freecycle Network/Craigslist fan list.
Oh, I'd also say that it would seem that the author hasn't lived in the city very long if they didn't mention either of those options.
Wow, no illegal dumping .....
I got to looking around my place and stuff I have found and use....
microwave, refrigarator, coffee maker, TV, computer monitor, and then there is all the little stuff....
Heck my place would look empty without the 'illegal dumping' that occurs here in San Francisco.
'When Scavenging becomes illegal, only outlaws will Scavenge'
I live on Cesar Chavez and I am highly skeptical that the city spends a penny picking up anything from our street EVER. It's a disgusting dump.