I heat my garage in winter with wood. I have been dumping the ash into my fire barrel, and then in spring, I dump it around my trees in my back yard.

Can I dispose of it in the garbage? If so, do i put it in plastic or paper bags? Do i set it next to the blue bin or in the blue bin?

I garbage picked a large old fashioned milk jug over the summer made out of steel, which I plan to use as my ash can... you know clean out the stove, put the hot ash in this can and set it outside for a week to let it go out, then hopefully toss it.

for the passed few years, we clean out the hot ash into a metal bucket then dump the hot ash into our fire pit in the back yard... but like I said, I have enough ash around... and would like to just get rid of it...