http://disqus.com/by/GregNaylor/enMon, 20 Jul 2009 21:42:57 -0000http://www.borderjournal.com/2009/07/20/wodonga-to-pay-more-for-rubbish-under-carbon-trading/#comment-12982706<p>When I moved to Whitfield back in 1999, there was NO rubbish collection in the rural areas. As a result, we learned to avoid creating rubbish and after separating out the organic matter that went on the vegie garden, the newspapers that were kept for lighting the Coonara heater, the other burnables that went to the incinerator, we were left with bottles and cans. On our weekly shopping trip to Wangaratta, we dropped those off at the Moyhu recycling centre ... and nobody had a complaint.</p><p>Then, the RCoW outsourced their garbage collection and the rural areas had to be included to make it economically viable for the RCoW contract.</p><p>Today, our garbage bin is overflowing on a weekly basis and the rectcling bin is overflowing on its fortnightly collection cycle, This has destroyed the rural household's attitude towards minimising waste.<br>A by product of the overflowing garbage and recycling bins is that rubbish is dislodged by heavy winds and spilled by the garbage collection trucks. There are no council services in rural areas to attend to these spillages with the result that our pristine rural areas is becoming littered with plastic bags and paper products so who can blame the idiots who toss an empty drink bottle/can out of their cars as they travel through.</p><p>My solution to the garbage problem is to cease the weekly collections and make the residents responsible for disposing of their own waste through designated collection sites.</p>GregNaylorMon, 20 Jul 2009 21:42:57 -0000