Are we rubbishing our eco-image?
19/03/07 13:59 Filed in: Villager's
News
Dear Villagers
When we bought into the Village we were told that, since it was an ECOvillage, there would be a waste minimisation programme. We would deliver our household waste to the two big (3 cubic meter) bins in the recycling bay– one for general rubbish and one for paper and cardboard recycling. Today's reality has turned out to be very different. [See ATTACHMENT]
Lotowners have collected rubbish bins from the council and many now put their rubbish out independently and individually. I do not wish to argue the fact that we pay full coucil rates and are entitled to the bins. What I would like an answer to is what we are going to do with all those rubbish bins when there are around 160+ households in the village. On Monday March 5th we had 23 rubbish bins, for 36 households, out on Port Road. It was not a pretty sight as most of them were lying on their back after they had been emptied, and many stayed there all day. Today March 19th there were 29 bins out for 36 houses and, again, many have been there all day.
The Village frontage is, not including the 3 entrances, approx. 205 meters wide. The council requires 1 meter between bins so the truck can pick up the bins without tipping full bins over. This 205 meter area gives us room for 137 bins + giving the village wall to wall rubbish bins. In theory we are entitled to put, with all houses occupied, 160 rubbish bins + 160 recycling bins out every second Monday. We would need to stack them two high though.
How do the owners of the commercial lots feel about this issue ? Will their customers even be able to find them on Mondays?
Does anyone have any solutions?
Yours knee deep in trash - John Heij
070319 Rubbish bins
When we bought into the Village we were told that, since it was an ECOvillage, there would be a waste minimisation programme. We would deliver our household waste to the two big (3 cubic meter) bins in the recycling bay– one for general rubbish and one for paper and cardboard recycling. Today's reality has turned out to be very different. [See ATTACHMENT]
Lotowners have collected rubbish bins from the council and many now put their rubbish out independently and individually. I do not wish to argue the fact that we pay full coucil rates and are entitled to the bins. What I would like an answer to is what we are going to do with all those rubbish bins when there are around 160+ households in the village. On Monday March 5th we had 23 rubbish bins, for 36 households, out on Port Road. It was not a pretty sight as most of them were lying on their back after they had been emptied, and many stayed there all day. Today March 19th there were 29 bins out for 36 houses and, again, many have been there all day.
The Village frontage is, not including the 3 entrances, approx. 205 meters wide. The council requires 1 meter between bins so the truck can pick up the bins without tipping full bins over. This 205 meter area gives us room for 137 bins + giving the village wall to wall rubbish bins. In theory we are entitled to put, with all houses occupied, 160 rubbish bins + 160 recycling bins out every second Monday. We would need to stack them two high though.
How do the owners of the commercial lots feel about this issue ? Will their customers even be able to find them on Mondays?
Does anyone have any solutions?
Yours knee deep in trash - John Heij
070319 Rubbish bins