Not too long ago, Council used to put bright orange stickers on illegally dumped items, with wording similar to "Illegal Rubbish Dumping. WE ARE INVESTIGATING".
Have seen this within the last couple of months in Auckland.
Not too long ago, Council used to put bright orange stickers on illegally dumped items, with wording similar to "Illegal Rubbish Dumping. WE ARE INVESTIGATING".
Have seen this within the last couple of months in Auckland.
Their "investigation" consists of sending the resident of the adjacent property a letter subtly accusing them of dumping items and asking them to remove it so they don't receive a fine.
Their "investigation" consists of sending the resident of the adjacent property a letter subtly accusing them of dumping items and asking them to remove it so they don't receive a fine.
That would be interesting, as I'd say a lot of property owners who received a letter like that would challenge it if the rubbish was not theirs, especially if it's something large and hard to easily remove like an old three-piece lounge suite.
We are also seeing bags of rubbish being left in bus shelters now, whether they have litter bins or not, probably overflow from wheelie bins. That problem could get worse if weekly rubbish collection frequency changes to fortnightly.
That would be interesting, as I'd say a lot of property owners who received a letter like that would challenge it if the rubbish was not theirs, especially if it's something large and hard to easily remove like an old three-piece lounge suite.
We are also seeing bags of rubbish being left in bus shelters now, whether they have litter bins or not, probably overflow from wheelie bins. That problem could get worse if weekly rubbish collection frequency changes to fortnightly.
Yeah, zero chance of a successful "investigation".
They will look at things dumped for obvious addresses or reciepts that they can get info on. That is the limit of investigation. Friend had a whole lot of boxes lifted from their skip with the old things in them that the delivery was replacing and it was dumped a few km away once they had taken all the scrap from it. Council did follow up and saw that there was a skip on site and that there was renovations happening and pretty much knew what had happened and let them know.
For that reason remove your address from cardboard boxes that you throw out.
One example: https://www.tippingpoint.org.nz/ : "86,400 tonnes of material came through our gates last year, with 45% diverted from landfill."
Have you any proof that inorganic collection goes to the recycling centres ? One year, our collection process used a grapnel/claw bucket to pick it up (crushing it) and drop it into a dump-truck. That year, there wouldn't have been much 'sortable' about it - it was smooshed.
One year, our collection process used a grapnel/claw bucket to pick it up (crushing it) and drop it into a dump-truck. That year, there wouldn't have been much 'sortable' about it - it was smooshed.
In our case, for the annual inorganic collection there are usually two trucks, one of the old garbage compactor trucks first, followed by a second truck supposedly for recyclable stuff.
Everything went into the first truck, even recyclables, very little if anything went into the second truck. The hydraulics of the compactor truck could be clearly heard crushing what had gone into it.
Either the collectors are fussy about what gets recycled, or else the whole lot just gets crushed and dumped at the tip when the compactor truck is full.
Cheapest method to deal with it all comes to mind too, perhaps what I have just described.
Whenever I had a skip outside when living in Titirangi I struggled to actually fill it! I'd dump things in then come out to find the items gone .. it was great! :-)
Did have a few friendly types who knocked on the door first and asked if they could have a look through ... "go for it!"
Whenever I had a skip outside when living in Titirangi I struggled to actually fill it! I'd dump things in then come out to find the items gone .. it was great! :-)
Did have a few friendly types who knocked on the door first and asked if they could have a look through ... "go for it!"
I think most people have the opposite - if the skip is accessible to the road people fill it up!
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