Garbo strike still simmering. Free tip runs for those who can do it

justin heywood said :

kea said :

If more people adopted a Zero Waste Lifestyle, we wouldn’t be in this, umm, mess..

http://www.zerowastehome.com/

I’m afraid whoever writes ‘zerowaste’ considerably lowered their credibility with the line;

‘In the midst of that, I made my annual trip to Europe.’

A line from her book:
“Zero Waste lifestyle is full of positivity: the money savings, the time gains, the health benefits, the multipurpose lip balm. The environmental awareness you gain, however, brings one great disappointment if you are a traveling enthusiast: the carbon footprint associated with flying. Air travel is here to stay, and in our ever more globalized society, many relationships depend on it. But while we w we wait for genius scientists to discover clean alternatives, its carbon footprint is a huge issue. To fly or not to fly … is up to the individual.

On my end, I have come to accept the consequences of marrying and emigrating out of my country. When we chose the United States as our residence, we committed to a life of international phone calls to stay in touch with my family, and flights to visit my native land. Verbal communication alone would neither allow our kids to immerse in the French language nor give them the benefit of my mother’s hugs and kisses. I know that I can adopt the Zero Waste lifestyle for as long as I live, but I also know that I must see my family. Flights are an unavoidable part of my bicultural life.”

It seems to me as though she has earned the right to fly on the odd occasion if she can get her entire waste for the year down to this:

kea said :

If more people adopted a Zero Waste Lifestyle, we wouldn’t be in this, umm, mess..

http://www.zerowastehome.com/

Well, currently we have ZeroWaste Removal 2013……….

kea said :

If more people adopted a Zero Waste Lifestyle, we wouldn’t be in this, umm, mess..

http://www.zerowastehome.com/

I’m afraid whoever writes ‘zerowaste’ considerably lowered their credibility with the line;

‘In the midst of that, I made my annual trip to Europe.’

If more people adopted a Zero Waste Lifestyle, we wouldn’t be in this, umm, mess..

http://www.zerowastehome.com/

Mike Bessenger said :

If the government made the tip free to everyone and everything I’d take my own rubbish to the tip fortnightly, then they could just sack the garbage collectors and give them something to really whinge about.

I’m sure you wouldn’t mind lining up for several hours when the odd 200,000 citizens do their weekly rubbish run outside of standard work hours.

I am very happy to pay for someone to collect my rubbish, thank you very much. And missing one collection really isn’t a big deal, is it? I occasionally miss the truck when I forgot to put the bin out the night before. It’s pretty putrid in summer, but very much a first world problem.

I never really know when industrial action is justified. Pay rates are a bit of a mystery to me and I am very glad that I don’t have to decide on what’s fair and what isn’t. If they do get paid well, I’m glad. It’s a crap job and I really do appreciate them. (Though I stay as far away from them with my car as I can because most drive like total lunatics.)

If the government made the tip free to everyone and everything I’d take my own rubbish to the tip fortnightly, then they could just sack the garbage collectors and give them something to really whinge about.

What exactly do you want them to do? you ask JC? Here’s a rad idea: Allow those of us who work for a living to dump it free on the weekend. My elderly neighbor doesn’t drive so I could also dump her’s for her as well. Allow free dumping (limit it to affected residents for two days only if they’re that hard up for revenue). Ill fix the problem, just don’t use the governments inability to contract out services as an excuse to gouge me again for a service I have already paid for..

Masquara said :

The government is not going to catch up on the missed collection apparently (inner north was ignored today) – but people who work fulltime will not be able to drop the missed rubbish off at the dump on the weekend. My bill is full – I can’t get to the dump by Friday, and much of my garbage (wrapped in newspaper) isn’t in any condition to put in the back of my car. Shane Rattenbury, what do you plan to do about the missed collection?

What exactly do you want them to do? The collection is outsourced and takes a day to do, so it’s not like they can catch up. The best the ACT taxpayer could hope for is a penalty in their contract. Of course this doesn’t help you specifically but as mentioned I just cannot see what you want them to do. Even if it wasn’t outsourced the core issue would be the same.

Just hook your wheelie bin up to your towball and head out slowly. I “hear” the wheels fall off at 80kmph.

The government is not going to catch up on the missed collection apparently (inner north was ignored today) – but people who work fulltime will not be able to drop the missed rubbish off at the dump on the weekend. My bill is full – I can’t get to the dump by Friday, and much of my garbage (wrapped in newspaper) isn’t in any condition to put in the back of my car. Shane Rattenbury, what do you plan to do about the missed collection?