Rubbish Day!
12/10/09 16:28 Filed in: Services
News
This week we had 53 bins out front of the
village, many of which were only 1/2
full. Some were two rows deep and too close
together and the mechanical arms of the waste
truck could not fit between them. In this
situation, usually the driver will knock one bin
over to make room for the arms. Please take this
into account when placing your bins.
Waste & Recycling:
Please only put out your rubbish or recycling bins when they are full. Bins don't need to go out each week.
The bales on frames in the recycling bay are for refundable items only. Today I found in one bale: a biscuit tin, ghee tin, pasta packet, tea packet, cardboard, and other random items, including a huge box from a child's bike which had the reciept still attached ( I know who you are!)
As you can see, some of these items are not even recyclable, and definitely not refundable!
Please check if items are refundable before putting them in the bales - wine bottles are generally not refundable, so they can go in your household yellow-topped recycling bin.
This area is not a dump for your unwanted rubbish, volunteers do not want to clean up after you. Remember that your rubbish is your responsibility, not someone else's.
Hard Rubbish collection:
Last week Amy invited others to “ring the council and book in their own hard rubbish collection”, not to dump rubbish on Amy's pile. Amy is now out of pocket $50 in dump fees and had to ring the council to come out again and collect what others had dumped. This is not fair and not co-operative, and does not please the council. Please think of others before you act in future, and ask before you dump (including in other people's skip bins!).
The council will be doing a community hard rubbish collection on the first Friday in December from the recycling bay. It is yet to be decided whether this will be in a skip provided by the council. Please do not dump anything until notice is given via the feed.
Please don't organise a hard rubbish collection of your own, the council will come to the village twice per year.
Thank you for your co-operation in keeping our Ecovillage neat and tidy.
Bridget O'Donnell
Waste & Recycling:
Please only put out your rubbish or recycling bins when they are full. Bins don't need to go out each week.
The bales on frames in the recycling bay are for refundable items only. Today I found in one bale: a biscuit tin, ghee tin, pasta packet, tea packet, cardboard, and other random items, including a huge box from a child's bike which had the reciept still attached ( I know who you are!)
As you can see, some of these items are not even recyclable, and definitely not refundable!
Please check if items are refundable before putting them in the bales - wine bottles are generally not refundable, so they can go in your household yellow-topped recycling bin.
This area is not a dump for your unwanted rubbish, volunteers do not want to clean up after you. Remember that your rubbish is your responsibility, not someone else's.
Hard Rubbish collection:
Last week Amy invited others to “ring the council and book in their own hard rubbish collection”, not to dump rubbish on Amy's pile. Amy is now out of pocket $50 in dump fees and had to ring the council to come out again and collect what others had dumped. This is not fair and not co-operative, and does not please the council. Please think of others before you act in future, and ask before you dump (including in other people's skip bins!).
The council will be doing a community hard rubbish collection on the first Friday in December from the recycling bay. It is yet to be decided whether this will be in a skip provided by the council. Please do not dump anything until notice is given via the feed.
Please don't organise a hard rubbish collection of your own, the council will come to the village twice per year.
Thank you for your co-operation in keeping our Ecovillage neat and tidy.
Bridget O'Donnell