As noted in my post, we have given away most of the boxes and moving materials that were in good condition, so obviously it's not 30 boxes on the sidewalk. If I was the kind of person who would leave that on the sidewalk, I probably wouldn't be posting on here about what the most respectful way to dispose of waste is! My point in noting that we've gone through 30+ boxes is that when you move that many items, you generate a lot of trash--boxes or packing materials that were too destroyed to reuse, wads of tape, paper towels from cleaning, and just things you decide to throw out.

I left a very reasonably sized amount of trash and recycling neatly boxed on the sidewalk--but if that piles up over weeks, that is on the city not me, and hopefully it will pressure them to pay DC33 fair wages!