On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:58:59 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
our digs are overturning getting into and generally attacking our
garbage can daily when were not home. heck they will turn it over even
empty and clean. must be their latest hobby. plus our community is
reportedly going to a single 96 gallon container picked up by machine.
i run a small business here and occasionally generate extra trash.

anyone have a compactor? are you happy? i never had one of these, but
oddly enough have room for it in the kitchen

It was one of those bad ideas of the 70's. Few people really want an
immovable object that smells like a landfill.

If you want something cool, get an automatic compost maker. :-)
http://www.cleanairgardening.com/autocomposter.html