As far as I know, you need the city’s, because the truck lifts them up to dump. They can’t even be too close to each other, usually.

You should call the department of public works tomorrow and see if they picked them up. Unless someone just like stuck them in their garage, DPW might have grabbed them.

I'm not sure about Woonsocket, but I know our trash cans are all serialized and assigned to specific properties.

I think you can buy new ones from the DPW, assuming they have any (took months to replace mine when it was broken). Explain what happened and maybe they won’t charge you for it ( although that is probably hopelessly naive on my part). I’m sure you’re not the only one who’s bins blew away yesterday.

When mine disappeared, I called the town recycling dept and they happily dropped off new ones for free (Middletown) worth a shot…

There’s hundreds sitting in the DPW yard. Just go grab some. Not even locked up.

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