1 August 2005

Another Wheely Bin? No No No

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Vicki Dunne interrupted her Sunday rest to put out a media release calling for an extra wheely bin for organic waste to be foisted upon the households of Canberra at vast expense.

John Hargreaves is, thankfully, having none of it.

The current regime has transformed the kitchens of the conscientious into waste transfer stations, and frankly any more complexity is going to exceed my own “Can’t be arsed with it” threshold. Two bins Vicki. No more.

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ACT ‘self-government’ is a joke.

Not only can any Territory legislation be overruled by the Federal Parliament, but the National Capital Authority sticks its nose in whatever planning matter it feels like, *and* has the right to arbitrarily approve developments in areas under their control — like the airport.

No wonder there’s no bus services that run to the airport — as far as the ACT government’s concerned it’s just a way to give money to the Feds.

i don’t recycle as it is.
as if im going to care about a 3rd bin.

In sydney, waverley council has a bin for green waste, one for paper and one for other recyleables (although they are changing to just one recyclable bin). This system seems to work well. There certainly aren’t people looking confused each garbage night…They also have a general clean up day every few months where they take any rubbish away. I think a green waste bin is a great idea, particularly for the elderly who love to garden and have to take a trip to the green waste dump every time they rake leaves. Well my grandparents in-law do at any rate. Having to need a trailer to take greeen waste to the dump is rediculous for a city – who has time?? Going to the dump with trailer seems a little uncivilised don’t you think? Canberra needs to get with times a bit and become a little less ‘country-fied’!

Who’d have thought a load of rubbish would generate this many comments?

Nice one, bonfire. AND…what did you find inside?

In Coffs Harbour they have the large bin in two section for recycling and rubbish and the smaller green bin for greenwaste.

Thats because they get plenty of rain and shit just GROWS on the coast.

We, on the other hand, get stuff all rain. Unneccessary indeed.

I like the stove thats been sitting by the side of owen dixon drive for the last few months. Last week around 1 am one morning, i stopped, and opened the griller door.

Having been active in this years cleanup Australia day, I can certainly inform you where the ‘major restricted’ items end up…

Thumper, they have a ‘clean-up’ day every 3 months. Good for getting rid of the large items, as you say. However, there still are major restrictions on what you can put out, so in the end you’re limited to beds etc.
-And I don’t wear out mattresses that fast, don’t know about everyone else.

Over regulation – and the endless stream of dingbat press realeases is a classic sign of over government. They have nothing better (ie REAL governence issues) to do. How sad.

I beg to differ…the sensible/responsible way ahead is: one bin for kitchen waste and all the usual crap – weekly; another for recycling – fortnightly; and one for those unlucky enough to have gardens, for all the garden crap – monthly.
-The there’s the added entertainment of watching everyone get them all mixed up: more fun than watching tv.

I’m in Chifley, and that failed trial wheelie bin has come in handy for storing horse feed. I did call to see if they want it back, and Urban Services said I can do what I want with it. It’s much smaller than the rubbish wheelie bin, but probably would smell bad after a week in the sun. At least compost bins don’t smell that bad.

A trial in a higher-density area where compost bins aren’t an option might have been different. But I doubt the average apartment-dweller would want to walk downstairs and tip their kitchen filth pot in a reeking skip.

The cat did it7:15 pm 01 Aug 05

What is it with Ms Dunne and such daft releases? Does she think she is in a bad media release competition with the Pratt? Has she sworn an oath on the tomb of Bob Menzies that she will put out media releases every day, and this means she puts out releases regardless of whether there is an issue or not. Never mind the quality, feel the width, eh Vicki?

Mr Hargreaves does refer to that Trial

you have to remember the Liberals idea of a trial was always something you did to figure out how best to inflict it on the public and not something you might do to test feasability.

Wasn’t there a trial of this in, I think Chifley sometime in the last few years? Surely an organic waste wheelie bin would reek if it wasn’t collected very frequently (every ‘couple of days)

I have to say the Rolypig composters appearing in the ads look kind of cute though.

Well i’m not so sure how a compost bin would go on my balcony, on the other hand a commercial composting service that wanted to pay for my valuable organic waste could possibly be a goer.

In downer we used to rely on the neighbours for wheely bin night and they were all a bit vague like us. So many a night the bins would all be out just in case.

How about the Gov’t partially subsidise a compost bin if they so desperately want to throw money at this problem?

It’s painful enough keeping in sync with the recycling night… I just look at the neighbours place.

Although that doesn’t always work as I found out a couple of weeks ago. I was first to put out both bins on a non-recycling night. No sooner had I done this than most of the houses in the street followed suit. Sort of funny in a droll suburbitopia sort of way…

Compost Vicki, it’s called compost.

Add a few worm eggs as well, start a worm farm, and you have great live bait.

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