Illegal dumping crackdown nabs scum at charity bins

Jivrashia said :

screaming banshee said :

Distinct lack of a council…..despite one agency including municipal in its name.

I know this is way off-topic, but I would really like to have a wheelie bin purely for garden waste, which I had when living in Sydney.

My garden waste isn’t big enough to justify a visit to the green waste dumps (Parkwood Rd. Belco, or Vicar St. Mitchell), but instead small enough to fit in a wheelie bin.

But then I was cautioned with a hand-written sign “garden waste is not rubbish” when I tried to dump some grass in the general purpose bin.
Seriously, they both end up in landfill, so what the flap?

Because green waste does not go into landfill when dropped off. It gets converted to mulch and compost, then sold back to the community or sent off into agricultural or other uses. If you put green waste into the landfill bin, it does end up in the landfill.

bitterness said :

I donated (good quality, usable, fashionable and clean) clothes in batches over the weekend. On Friday night (yes, exciting times at bitterhouse) the Belconnen Vinnies was clean and empty. By Sunday afternoon, the area looked like the “After” shot of a post-apocalyptic disaster. There were torn bags (presumably from scavenging scum after decent clothes to sell somehow) with contents strewn, obviously unusable rubbish that looked like someone had inverted whole drawers in a kitchen clean out (2010 pocket diary anyone? How about some loose Codral Cold&Flu tablets? Broken coathangers?).

My aforementioned social pariah status made me wonder if my I couldn’t usefully apply my time staking out the bins, taking high resolution photos of dumpers (protecting myself with a circle of salt, and a tough year-8 maths question to distract them as they approach).

I feel the ACT Government should move the bins in front of sites with constant municipal presence, such as police stations.

I’d also like to point out that hard rubbish collection would not have resolved the mindlessness of the detritus I saw at these bins. Broken coathangers, expired medication and old notebooks can go in municipal waste. This is laziness that I simply do not understand.

Putting the bins in front of places such as police stations is a great idea, then CCTV can pick up the crims dumping rubbish.

Jivrashia said :

screaming banshee said :

Distinct lack of a council…..despite one agency including municipal in its name.

I know this is way off-topic, but I would really like to have a wheelie bin purely for garden waste, which I had when living in Sydney.

My garden waste isn’t big enough to justify a visit to the green waste dumps (Parkwood Rd. Belco, or Vicar St. Mitchell), but instead small enough to fit in a wheelie bin.

But then I was cautioned with a hand-written sign “garden waste is not rubbish” when I tried to dump some grass in the general purpose bin.
Seriously, they both end up in landfill, so what the flap?

Cause its far too hard to take the green waste to the Parkwood, Mitchell or Mugga yourself to be recycled…..

Perhaps the answer is an amnesty at the tip once or twice a year but it is quite possible to get rid of alot of waste through the weekly green bin

Jivrashia said :

screaming banshee said :

Distinct lack of a council…..despite one agency including municipal in its name.

I know this is way off-topic, but I would really like to have a wheelie bin purely for garden waste, which I had when living in Sydney.

My garden waste isn’t big enough to justify a visit to the green waste dumps (Parkwood Rd. Belco, or Vicar St. Mitchell), but instead small enough to fit in a wheelie bin.

But then I was cautioned with a hand-written sign “garden waste is not rubbish” when I tried to dump some grass in the general purpose bin.
Seriously, they both end up in landfill, so what the flap?

How do you have room for grass to grow but not room to make a pile of clippings?

screaming banshee said :

Distinct lack of a council…..despite one agency including municipal in its name.

I know this is way off-topic, but I would really like to have a wheelie bin purely for garden waste, which I had when living in Sydney.

My garden waste isn’t big enough to justify a visit to the green waste dumps (Parkwood Rd. Belco, or Vicar St. Mitchell), but instead small enough to fit in a wheelie bin.

But then I was cautioned with a hand-written sign “garden waste is not rubbish” when I tried to dump some grass in the general purpose bin.
Seriously, they both end up in landfill, so what the flap?

I donated (good quality, usable, fashionable and clean) clothes in batches over the weekend. On Friday night (yes, exciting times at bitterhouse) the Belconnen Vinnies was clean and empty. By Sunday afternoon, the area looked like the “After” shot of a post-apocalyptic disaster. There were torn bags (presumably from scavenging scum after decent clothes to sell somehow) with contents strewn, obviously unusable rubbish that looked like someone had inverted whole drawers in a kitchen clean out (2010 pocket diary anyone? How about some loose Codral Cold&Flu tablets? Broken coathangers?).

My aforementioned social pariah status made me wonder if my I couldn’t usefully apply my time staking out the bins, taking high resolution photos of dumpers (protecting myself with a circle of salt, and a tough year-8 maths question to distract them as they approach).

I feel the ACT Government should move the bins in front of sites with constant municipal presence, such as police stations.

I’d also like to point out that hard rubbish collection would not have resolved the mindlessness of the detritus I saw at these bins. Broken coathangers, expired medication and old notebooks can go in municipal waste. This is laziness that I simply do not understand.

Well, I for one certainly hope it was the piece of cretinous scum who took a dump alongside their pile of VB and nappy trash I happened upon some time ago.

one of my neighbours put out his old lounge on his front lawn hoping someone would take it – been there for over a month and looking very soggy now thanks.

screaming banshee said :

JeanPierre9 said :

Why can we have the same here?

Distinct lack of a council…..despite one agency including municipal in its name.

Obviously it’s all about priorities – we can’t be the highest-taxed municipality in the country AND expect decent municipal services.

Maybe call the ACT “Human Rights Commissioner” and ask her what she can do for you.

JeanPierre9 said :

in sydney and melbourne people can put their old furniture or other old household items and the council would pick them up once every month or so. Why can we have the same here?

+1

Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Newcastle, and they’re just the ones I know of.

It’s a great idea (and an old one!). Once your stuff is out the front, anyone can take it. I got TV’s, couches, office chairs, heaps of things from it when I was living as a student.

But it may be a little too out-of-place for Lego Town.