No weight charge yet for garbage
One of the suggestions made to the city towards cleaning up its environmental act is to charge for garbage pickup – presumably by weighing it. The official line is they’re studying how to do it but not intending to start doing it before 2025.
Ephraim 17:37 on 2020-08-20 Permalink
When this is often done, people become very creative with their disposal… leaving trash in city parks, alleyways and dumping it where it doesn’t belong. People drive out to the countryside in the UK and just dump stuff rather than pay to get rid of it.
Ian 18:29 on 2020-08-20 Permalink
Out in the country where the dumps charge by weight, people often just burn it. I’m hoping that won’t be a problem here, haha
CE 18:58 on 2020-08-20 Permalink
I can imagine a lot more garbage being put in the recycling and compost (which both have too many things that shouldn’t be in them already).
I grew up in the country and we burned anything too big to put out on the road to be picked up. Vinyl siding, furniture, countertops, all on the fire billowing black smoke. The back roads were littered with fridges and washing machines and other appliances because people couldn’t be bothered to drive out to the dump.